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> [I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/i-ve-spent-the-better-part-of-the-last-twenty-five-years-doing-a-lot/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

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## More by Joe Mantegna

> [Actors are journeymen. We show up for work. We do the job and then we go. What goes on behind the scenes is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/actors-are-journeymen-we-show-up-for-work-we-do-the-job-and-then-we/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/you-know-the-way-i-play-golf-it-s-a-good-i-do-these-things-for/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [You can't bluff someone that's not paying attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/you-can-t-bluff-someone-that-s-not-paying-attention/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/i-did-plays-and-movies-and-whatever-all-over-the-place/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/there-s-good-and-evil-going-on-we-have-cops-we-have-robbers/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/there-are-a-lot-of-people-who-will-come-to-me-for-advice-or-whatever/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/for-every-mother-teresa-there-s-a-jeffrey-dahmer/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/i-m-in-the-wrong-racket-if-i-didn-t-want-a-public-life/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/i-mean-it-s-the-life-lessons-that-i-suppose-you-learn-that-nobody/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/you-talk-to-the-real-cops-and-they-say-ninety-percent-of-it-is/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/i-ve-spent-the-better-part-of-the-last-twenty-five-years-doing-a-lot/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care of the family and all of us, it wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/when-they-were-small-and-my-wife-really-had-no-other-responsibilities/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [There's now a Fat Tony doll, which cracks me up. But you feel honored that they asked you to do a voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/there-s-now-a-fat-tony-doll-which-cracks-me-up-but-you-feel-honored/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe that there's a flip side to this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/if-you-re-going-to-believe-in-a-god-then-you-also-have-to-equally/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

> [If humanity can exist for another million years, everybody's going to be a light shade of yellow-brown-red-tan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-mantegna/if-humanity-can-exist-for-another-million-years-everybody-s-going-to/)

[Joe Mantegna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-mantegna/)

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