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.

- Armand Assante

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

- Armand Assante

Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.

- Armand Assante

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

- Armand Assante

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

- Armand Assante

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-ti…

- Armand Assante

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

- Armand Assante

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago

- Armand Assante

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

- Armand Assante