Pantoliano Quotes

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

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. ~ 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 either. ~ Joe Pantoliano

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

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

In 2001 New York came under attack, and thousands of people simply evaporated, leaving behind only dust and bits of gold Rolex watches. We were told that we had nothing to worry about, that we should go shopping. I was eager to please my country, for shopping had long been an answer for me, but what I couldn't pay for, I stole. I started to accumulate stuff I felt would make me feel whole: I surrounded myself with symbols of status. I believed the TV commercials with all my heart. I felt that those material things I was being sold defined me. ~ 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

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. ~ Joe Pantoliano

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

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

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. ~ Joe Pantoliano

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

My memory is a scary place: you need a flashlight and a gun so as not to get mugged in there. ~ Joe Pantoliano

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

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. ~ Joe Pantoliano

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

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

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