Joe Pantoliano quotes:

I wanted to play a good guy after doing this lunatic on The Sopranos for two years. And then they did the sequel to Bad Boys, where I get to play the barking captain again.

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.

I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples.

They've been talking about Pi, which I haven't seen, they've been comparing it to Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, and Fight Club, and I didn't see that either.

We should do another 10 Bad Boys movies. I could come in in one of those electric wheelchairs, like Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, just shouting away.

Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration.

The greatest leading man, in my opinion, will always be Cary Grant.

I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron.

I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.

It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning.

The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s.

Bad Boys II has knocked everyone's socks off.

I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.

There aren't any small parts, only small paychecks.

They actually bought me for Daredevil 2, but they have to exercise the option.

That's another reason I did Daredevil: I didn't get killed off in it.

When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent.

What the hell did I do in the 80's? Midnight Run. A perfect movie. Just a perfect movie.

It's all about people. It's all about the subjectivity of what people love.

Actors always have opinions.

In private some critics have come up to me afterwards and told me they honestly enjoyed the movie. Then they'd tell me that they're still going to have to write it up negatively.

You'll never see me in the red leather. I don't have the chin for it.

When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire.

When we were making The Fugitive, we all thought it was going to bomb.

I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw.

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.

I've been on jobs where there's that one actor who is just a miserable, miserable no-good, dirty bastard, and it just turns the whole process sour.

Living in the projects helped me with this role.

Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see.

I think we're going to see the day where commercialized television will not exist anymore, it's going to be vertically integrated.

Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.

In a sluggish economy, never, ever f*** with another man's livelihood.

Twelve to 15 years of acting school, and I am being a bird.

When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.

The camera looks into your soul.