Quotes By Vincent D..Onofrio

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced.

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.

The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.

It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in.

I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet.

But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.

And then, as the years went on, I just kept moving along, busting into doors and getting roles, until I started to actually believe that what these other people were saying was true.

I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.

I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.