People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!' I was a nice guy too in the comedy 'Heartbreakers.' And I was a really sweet father to Johnny Depp in 'Blow!'

The first script I got was Narc and I really responded to it; it reminded me of a '70s type movie, I really liked the characters, I didn't anticipate the ending.

The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow.

This is the profession I chose, and you really learn to save your money because you never know how it's going to go, but you still want to get out there and work.

You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.

I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac.

As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.

I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me.

I didn't start acting until I was in college, which was in the 70's.

I just finished Narc, which was a really heavy duty, raw, independent.

I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.

I think drug movies free the director to make intense films.

I think people like watching edgy things.

I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.

In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare.

It would be nice to do a movie where I didn't have to choke the girl to get her.

My wife read Narc as well and was really into it.

Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later.

So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane.

So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies.