Not to toot our own horn, but when 'The Sopranos' was on, it was as good as any movie that was coming out in the theater. I think that goes for a lot of shows today.

Stop and appreciate what you have today. Look at what you have with wider eyes, maybe with more compassion and more gratitude for the things that you do have and not the things you don’t have.

I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.

My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

In Britain you're more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible.

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.

To be at acting school, it was kind of the first time you felt the freedom to be as much of yourself as you wanted. People weren't going to judge you.

John Ventimiglia, who was on 'The Sopranos,' was in my first acting class and we have been friends since that time. Alec Baldwin was in my class back then, Sean Young and Andrew McCarthy.

Unfortunately...I missed out on the California Gold Rush a century before...I'll be dammed if I miss out on this one.

Blessings be on this house, " Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.

We'll be together. We both got our Point Zéro wishes — each other. He said he wished for me every time. He was wishing for me when I entered the tower.

Hold on to your dream. Don't let past failures or dire economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive and create your own opportunities.

America's present need is not heroics but healing not nostrums but normalcy not revolution but restoration.

It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.

Debts and lies are generally mixed together.

The SECRET to Love is in OPENING up your Heart

Ability and perseverance are the weapons of weakness.

At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are.