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
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
I wanted to play a good guy after doing this lunatic on The Sopranos for two years. And then they did the sequel to Bad Boys, where I get to play the barking captain again. – Joe Pantoliano
The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s. – 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
What the hell did I do in the 80’s? Midnight Run. A perfect movie. Just a perfect movie. – 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 very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions. – 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
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
One thing that’s great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn’t rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won’t hurt my career. – 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
We have to promote a movie. It’s just extraordinary that everybody I’m talkin’ to loves this movie. – Joe Pantoliano
