You know the slow-motion walking shot in "Reservoir Dogs"? That was in the Tommy Udo tradition. That strut, that way of wearing your suit, is what I think gangster chic is.

Celebrated in the Bob Dylan ballad “Joey”, Crazy Joe Gallo was a charismatic beatnik gangster whose forays into Greenwich Village in the 1960s inspired his bloody revolution against the Mafia.

I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles. The question is, what's in between?

I open my eyes To my own mistake I see all around me Hands getting raized And Questions remain Silent.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.

I believe that, for those who love to write, time spent writing is never wasted. And then isn't it from book to book that we approach the book that we really want to write?

After a youth and manhood passed half in unutterable misery and half in dreary solitude, I have for the first time found what I can truly love--I have found you.

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

Some people say that you should not tempt fate and for them I cannot disagree, but I never learned anything from playing it safe. I say fate should not tempt me.

There will grow from straws a mighty heap.

If there are things saying wrong about Sam Allardyce, believe you me, I will be fighting them.

The only nickname I've ever had is Merlin, like the magician. I don't know why.

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.