They killed me in The Sopranos. I went to David Chase, and I said, "Why me? I'm a detective! You can use me forever!" And he told me, "John, there's a rule in television: Somebody has to die that the… — John Heard Copy Share Image
The look of the movie and the music, which was by Jack Nitzsche, is what really stands out to me. I don't know if… — John Heard Copy Share Image
Cutter's Way was a real test of my stupidity. Every day, it was like, who did I think I was? But people put up… — John Heard Copy Share Image
I remember one afternoon when we were out on a golf course somewhere, and Lauren Bacall, James Garner, and Jack Lemmon were sitting there… — John Heard Copy Share Image
Denzel Washington was so great at The Great Debaters, so focused and talented. That was just an honor to be cast in that, for… — John Heard Copy Share Image
That show, The Sopranos put HBO on the map. So there I was - and then there I wasn't. Too bad. The same thing… — John Heard Copy Share Image
Paul Schrader, he's a... son of a gun. He's a very feisty, very straightforward guy. He's your auteur director. He sent me to a… — John Heard Copy Share Image
Nastassja Kinski is a sweetie. She's very quiet. But smart. I hung out with her mother more than Nastassja. I think Nastassja was more… — John Heard Copy Share Image
Rip Torn had, like, lessons in everything he said, and one of them was, "I know that an actor can undermine anything a director… — John Heard Copy Share Image
When my agent called me up and said, "Do you want to be in a movie called Sharknado?" I said, "What is it about?… — John Heard Copy Share Image
There were a lot of things in it that were important at the time to me. Cutter's Way movie was very relevant. And I… — John Heard Copy Share Image
I did a film about child abuse with the great producer-director Richard Donner, Radio Flyer. Again, I was replacing somebody, but Lorraine Bracco was… — John Heard Copy Share Image
Martin Scorsese was very much the actor's director. We were all very in awe of Martin Scorsese. — John Heard Copy Share Image
