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Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent Philip D'Onofrio (/dəˈnɒfrioʊ/; born June 30, 1959) is an American actor, producer, and singer.

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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 all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

Acting, Actors, Mystery, Nothing, Thing

The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced.

Firsts, Whole, Wide, World

The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters.

Behinds, Character, Characters, Difficult, Hide

When you're a child you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.

Assimilate, Children, Conscious, Easily, People, Talking

What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.

Deserve, Kind, Recognition

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 hope I'm a super cool dad.

Cool, Dad, Everything, See, Son, Years

The search for the truth is not for the faint-hearted.

Faint Hearted, Hearted, Search, Truth, Truth Is

Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

Brad, Character, Like, Look, Looks, Pitt

No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.

New York, Supposed, Supposed To Be, Theater, York

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

Doing You, Down, Feelings, Minute, Water

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

101, Acting, Inspirational, Key, Keys, Motivational

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

Art, Interests, Pretensions, Sake, Trying

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

Fat, Fats, Mystic, Pizza

Everybody's motivation comes from the core of who they are.

Core, Motivation

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

Different, Intent, Law, Order, Psychology

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. Sometimes there's a story that you really dig, but there's no part that you're interested in. Sometimes you read a story and you say, "I could do that. I've never done that before. I could do play that part.

Different, Done, Interested, Play, Stories

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 going to get hurt.

Book, Creates, Distance, Hurt, Movies

People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can't control it.

Hook, Like, Neurosis, People, Round, Take

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

Becoming, Haunting, Idea, Ideas

It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.

Big, Mistake, People, Simple

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