Vincent D'Onofrio

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

— Vincent D'Onofrio

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

— Vincent D'Onofrio

My 22-year-old [son] can see everything I've done, but my 15-year-old hasn't been able to see anything, at all. But yeah, I…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

So, it's always different. Some stuff, you want to do because it's a part that you've never played. It's always for story.…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I've never played a master thief. And I think I am one.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

Im a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

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…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

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

— Vincent D'Onofrio

My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

And then, as the years went on, I just kept moving along, busting into doors and getting roles, until I started to…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

Evil changes everybody!

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I've never tried to be something I'm not.

— Vincent D'Onofrio