Quotes About Opportunity

It's funny, because I've never thought of myself as a Hispanic actor, like in 'American Gangster,' I'm playing an Italian. I've always been fortunate enough to have been allowed to play all these diverse roles.

My own grandparents came to the United States as immigrants in 1912, and they lived for some years in Italian ghettos in New York. Most immigrant groups start in ghettos somewhere, and many of them never get out.

I love a challenge. So when I did 'Friday,' I didn't want to do another comedy back-to-back. With 'Set It Off,' that was a little different from 'The Negotiator' and 'The Italian Job.' So for me, it's all about challenge. It's all about challenge and about just learning.

I'm very grateful to Italian football for the opportunity it has given me.

I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.

I should never have left Italy and Juve.

I went to Yugoslavia to make a movie. People saw me there and asked me to do a movie in Germany. And that led to a movie in Italy. Before I knew it, I was in Europe for most of the next 10 years.

Maybe one day I will work in Italy. If they want me.

I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.

In Italy, we have some of the best minds in the world, and we have let them all go abroad.

Italy is working to make sure the Brexit shock is an opportunity for a European reawakening.

Before Italy, I had a happy life.

To have a chance at a big club, if it goes well and the club is happy and I am happy, then I can definitely see a longer-term future in Italy.

When I was in Italy in the 90s, early 2000s, everybody wanted to go to Italy, all the players.

In Italy there is less faith in youth but I believe that if a player is good enough then he should play regardless.

If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give you anything, but it makes you a marketable item. You take it and see what you can do.

They offer me item numbers, Bhabhi roles and all that. When they offer me the role of the main lead, that particular film ends up not being made. I don't know what they want.

If offered, I'll definitely do an item number. I don't think there is anything wrong in it.

I was offered only item numbers and did not want to accept as I had it ticked off my bucket list.

Hollywood itself is a little intimidating and exciting. There's definitely a way to go about approaching it.

Ivory Coast, even though I told them no at first, they still had the belief in me and still wanted me because they knew what I could do for the team.

There is no cost difference between incarceration and an Ivy League education; the main difference is curriculum.

I don't come from an Ivy League school or anywhere else.