For the last thirty years in my career I never know what I'm doing next.

Quote by Joe Mantegna

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There's now a Fat Tony doll, which cracks me up. But you feel honored that...

There's now a Fat Tony doll, which cracks me up. But you feel honored that...

You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork.

You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork.

I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.

I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.

I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place.

I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place.

You learn that not all things fall into a certain kind of pattern that can...

You learn that not all things fall into a certain kind of pattern that can...

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there...

When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there...

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe...

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe...

But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of...

But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of...

When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care...

When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care...

Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody...

Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody...

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken.

They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken.

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a...

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a...

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.

For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.

I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children.

I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children.

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.