I wanted to play a good guy after doing this lunatic on The Sopranos for two years. And then they did the sequel to Bad Boys, where I get to play the barking captain again.
- Joe Pantoliano
Play, Doing, Bad, Sopranos
I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.
- Joe Pantoliano
Been, Oxymoron, Investigator, NY
Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration.
- Joe Pantoliano
Post, About, Century, NY
One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.
- Joe Pantoliano
Rest, Career, Shoulders, Hurt
I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.
- Joe Pantoliano
Proud, Directors, Spielberg, Steven
Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.
- Joe Pantoliano
Want, Collaborative, Gonna, Dime
When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb.
- Joe Pantoliano
Thought, Making, Going, Fugitive
When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire.
- Joe Pantoliano
Hire, Gotten, Kinds, Interview
We should do another 10 Bad Boys movies. I could come in in one of those electric wheelchairs, like Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, just shouting away.
- Joe Pantoliano
Bad, Away, Like, None
They've been talking about Pi, which I haven't seen, they've been comparing it to Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, and Fight Club, and I didn't see that either.
- Joe Pantoliano
Been, Which, Usual, Suspects
In private some critics have come up to me afterwards and told me they honestly enjoyed the movie. Then they'd tell me that they're still going to have to write it up negatively.
- Joe Pantoliano
Some, Private, Afterwards, Negatively
I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.
- Joe Pantoliano
Some, Been, Very, None
The greatest leading man, in my opinion, will always be Cary Grant.
- Joe Pantoliano
Will, Always, In My Opinion, Leading Man
Twelve to 15 years of acting school, and I am being a bird.
- Joe Pantoliano
I Am, School, Twelve, Acting School
They actually bought me for Daredevil 2, but they have to exercise the option.
- Joe Pantoliano
Me, Actually, Bought, Daredevil
That's another reason I did Daredevil: I didn't get killed off in it.
- Joe Pantoliano
Reason, Get, Another, Daredevil
When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.
- Joe Pantoliano
Fortune, Some, Over, Good Fortune
You'll never see me in the red leather. I don't have the chin for it.
- Joe Pantoliano
Red, Never, See, Chin
I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples.
- Joe Pantoliano
Think, Geniuses, I Think, Rotten
It's all about people. It's all about the subjectivity of what people love.
- Joe Pantoliano
Love, People, About, Subjectivity
We have to promote a movie. It's just extraordinary that everybody I'm talkin' to loves this movie.
- Joe Pantoliano
Extraordinary, Everybody, Promote
When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent.
- Joe Pantoliano
Fired, Agent, Read, Script
It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning.
- Joe Pantoliano
Work, Going, Able, Luxury
Bad Boys II has knocked everyone's socks off.
- Joe Pantoliano
Knocked, Bad, Everyone, Socks
Actors always have opinions.
- Joe Pantoliano
Always, Opinions
I've been on jobs where there's that one actor who is just a miserable, miserable no-good, dirty bastard, and it just turns the whole process sour.
- Joe Pantoliano
Process, Dirty, Been, Turns
I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.
- Joe Pantoliano
Say, Now, Like, Directors
What the hell did I do in the 80's? Midnight Run. A perfect movie. Just a perfect movie.
- Joe Pantoliano
Run, Perfect, Movie, Midnight
Living in the projects helped me with this role.
- Joe Pantoliano
Me, Living, Role, Projects
The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s.
- Joe Pantoliano
Late, Now, About, Grown
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