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…

- Joe Pantoliano

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

- Joe Pantoliano

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 …

- Joe Pantoliano

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

- Joe Pantoliano

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

- Joe Pantoliano

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

- Joe Pantoliano

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 producer…

- Joe Pantoliano

The camera looks into your soul.

- Joe Pantoliano

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.

- Joe Pantoliano