Joe Pantoliano Quotes

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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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