FRANK VINCENT

I knew so many gangsters, and I call on that experience with them for characters.

You establish a technique on how to develop characters. Everyone does it their own way, and that's what makes it fun.

You take what God gives you and relish it.

I don't know what drives me. I need to work. I wanted to be in the entertainment field, but I didn't know what.

I'm not saying 'The Godfather' trilogy was bad - because it was brilliant - but that was fiction. It was based on reality.

There was an article about me once, and the first line was, 'It's good to be a gangster.' Well, I'm not a gangster. I'm an actor.

When you're acting on camera, you don't really think of your voice. You think of the whole instrument - your body, your look, and whatever you have to do. But when you're doing the voiceover, you're thinking only of your voice. You really can't compare the two different mediums.

If you decide to go clubbing on a Friday night, and you're home before two A.M., you're not a man's man.

Grooming should be done in moderation.

'The Godfather' illustrated the family values - the reality that it was really a family thing, honor and tradition. It wasn't just a single-dimension thing.

People are fascinated with the fast life, the easy life. For some reason, that's an American dream, and it goes all the way back to the Edward G. Robinsons and the Cagneys.

I think that all the time I lived alone changed me.

As far as music is concerned, I played music for a very long time, so I have a background in that.

When lines are great, they're easy to do. You just find the essence of it, and you do it.

People approach you in a different way when you're a celebrity - some are nice, some are not nice.

As a character actor, you have to understand that it's not about you. You have to remember it's about someone else's life. And your character is just passing through.

A man's man has no problems with commitment, as long as he's not with a woman who needs to be committed.

If it's Saturday night, and you're sitting on your couch watching 'Showtime at the Apollo,' then you're not a man's man.

I spent my youth playing music, and I worked a lot in New Jersey and New York clubs. At 18, I worked all around Hudson, Essex, and Bergen counties.

It's very important what you say to kids. You have to walk a very fine line between talking about your life and talking about what you've done.

'The Godfather' changed the way gangsters acted.

There's a moment of truth that comes when you are performing, and you are all alone.

I work on television and I work in film, and the acting is two different things.

I never in my wildest dreams thought that I'd have merchandise selling on a web site. It's just amazing to me.

Trust is very important. In 'Goodfellas' in the 'Go home and get your shine box!' scene, we must have filmed 15 takes. If you played each take back, the timing would be exactly the same each time.