Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity.
Armand Assante

You love what you do, you are cursed with it, and then you get known for being cursed with it.
Armand Assante

I've brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I'm home I'm a big-time daddy.
Armand Assante

The Italian gangster thing has become a form of the modern-day Western.
Armand Assante

My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that is the Olympics of acting.
Armand Assante

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.
Armand Assante

Maybe you don't work for seven months a year, but you'll work again. It may be a piece of garbage, so you wear hip boots.
Armand Assante

I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.
Armand Assante