Armand Assante Quotations

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

Literature is air, and Im suffocating in mediocrity.

I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them

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

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

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

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

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago

I never pursued a career relentlessly

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.

Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.

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

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

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.

Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, ... I think that's the task, in a way, to show what an architect of duplicity this character is, in his simplicity, forthrightness and morality. It's a strange and wonderful study of how far a horrible lie can be taken in terms of a character.

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.

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 don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.

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

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

It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.

It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written,

Honestly, what drew me to the project was the quality of the script. It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.