Acting time is like flight time: You can work on a simulator, you can rehearse, but unless you're really in front of the camera or on a stage - that'….

My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, "Look, I don't know how to help you as an actor, but….

I pissed off Greeks, particularly in my family, for years to come, because I popularized the word "malaka," which hitherto had not been known outside….

I did some films in college, and I remember working with this director that wanted to shock me so that I'd give him an expression of shock, so he pou….

Sometimes writers or writer-directors can get nuts about words, but you know and I know that it's the thought process behind the words that motivates….

It's always good to work where you're wanted. The times I've been where I wasn't wanted - that's just never a good experience..

I'm usually not the straight guy. I'm sometimes more the funny guy, depending on the situation..

If my parents were alive, they'd giggle "John was an actor since day one!"..

Looking back, I have to say that I've been fortunate to work with a lot of great people. Unfortunately, a lot of them are gone. But I look back and, ….

Kids haven't changed - you have..

I do think that failure begets success sometimes, but it's often looked upon in Hollywood as not a good thing..

Big breaks come from small fractures..