Armand Assante Quotes

I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that.

It`s a blessing and a curse. But it`s not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don`t recommend acting at all.

I`ve brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I`m home I`m a big-time daddy.

I live a very quiet life, although I`m very urban and a diehard New Yorker.

Maybe you don`t work for seven months a year, but you`ll work again. It may be a piece of garbage, so you wear hip boots.

I go out there and make a fool of myself. It`s inevitable.

It`s a blessing and a curse. But it`s not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don`t recommend acting at all.

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I`m working with.

You love what you do, you are cursed with it, and then you get known for being cursed with it.

I go out there and make a fool of myself. It`s inevitable.

I never pursued a career relentlessly.

My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that is the Olympics of acting.

I`ve got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I`m forgiven for it?

I don`t champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago.

The whole industry is so screwed up by economics. It`s disgusting to me.

I`ve worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That`s a lot of work.

The Italian gangster thing has become a form of the modern-day Western.

Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.

Literature is air, and I`m suffocating in mediocrity.