Quotes from Joe Pesci

I would have done something else in life. Something more calming, in a different area where I did not have to use my emotions.

I'm a bore. I save all my energy for my characters.

Sure, mom, I settle down with a nice girl every night, then I'm free the next morning.

Scorsese and De Niro taught me to bring out the natural side of myself. And they taught me to think of myself as the average guy. Sometimes the average guy belongs in a role more than your matinee idol-type of person. We have to have people we can relate to.

My father loved me so much that he did not want me to be a laborer or anything. I don't know if it's the right thing to do - push your kids into something and then stay on them until they do it. Let them pick what they want to do.

You don't say hello to Mr. DeNiro? Show the respect, will ya?

Did Mad freakin' Max just call me irritating?

I love to star in movies, but I want to have good roles. It doesn't help to get starring roles in something that's no good. I mean, that will just kill you.

You try too hard. Winners forget they're in a race. They just love to run.

I dyed my hair blonde in that movie, so my head doesn't match my grill.

I'm just some lunatic macaroni mushroom, is that it?

I've been married three times, but I'll never forget my first trip as a young man, on my honeymoon, with my new wife.

I couldn't get any jobs, and when that happens, you get so humble it's disgusting. I didn't feel like a man anymore -- I felt really creepy. I was bumping into walls and saying, Excuse me.

There are great actors we'll never see just because they haven't had my luck.

I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown?