Armand Assante

I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work. ↗

— Armand Assante

#i #lot #nonstop #theater #work

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

#always #best #blessing #curse #i

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

— Armand Assante

#i #literature #mediocrity #suffocating

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

#boots #garbage #hip #may #maybe

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

#actor #dream #great #like #me

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

— Armand Assante

#form #gangster #italian #modern-day #thing

The whole industry is so screwed up by economics. It's disgusting to me. ↗

— Armand Assante

#economics #industry #me #screwed #up

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

— Armand Assante

#cursed #get #known #love #then