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?

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.

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.

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

Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.

My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round.

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

Any chief executive who hires a consultant to give them strategy should be fired.

Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.

Gourmandism is an act of judgment, by which we prefer things which have a pleasant taste to those which lack this quality.

I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

He wound the scarf around his fingers until her hand was hanging in the space between them. Then he slid the silk and his fingers into her open palm. And Eleanor disintegrated.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.