Words matter. These are the best Frank Vincent Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Chicago – it’s the Midwest, and the people are not as tough or not as edgy as they are in New York.
I think all the roles were something that sort of hit me, and I guess I was very lucky to get those roles.
People are funny in the way that they choose to express themselves.
Atkins – I was on that for two weeks. All I lost was 14 days.
I don’t know what drives me. I need to work. I wanted to be in the entertainment field, but I didn’t know what.
‘The Godfather’ changed the way gangsters acted.
As far as music is concerned, I played music for a very long time, so I have a background in that.
I work on television and I work in film, and the acting is two different things.
Being down makes you think who you are.
Trust is very important. In ‘Goodfellas’ in the ‘Go home and get your shine box!’ scene, we must have filmed 15 takes. If you played each take back, the timing would be exactly the same each time.
Nothing is real until you walk out on stage.
I’m a cigar person, I don’t smoke one every day, but I used to smoke them, and I had my own cigar at one time. So, I’m fairly knowledgeable about that.
Bad boys are classy and refined. For example, even though Donald Trump came from money and a privileged lifestyle, he’s a man’s man.
There was an article about me once, and the first line was, ‘It’s good to be a gangster.’ Well, I’m not a gangster. I’m an actor.
If it’s Saturday night, and you’re sitting on your couch watching ‘Showtime at the Apollo,’ then you’re not a man’s man.
You take what God gives you and relish it.
You establish a technique on how to develop characters. Everyone does it their own way, and that’s what makes it fun.
It’s very important what you say to kids. You have to walk a very fine line between talking about your life and talking about what you’ve done.
You see mob guys when you play in nightclubs. It’s part of the protocol.
I played the Holiday Motel on the circle in 1970. I know the Jersey Shore.
New York’s got a little rougher edge to it than Chicago.
I did a lot of ‘NYPD Blues’ and ‘Law & Orders’ and a couple of other ones that were shot in New York earlier in my career.
I enjoy going to the beach, relaxing with my wife, going out to dinner, and having a good time.
Sometimes people start with you. Especially in local places – ‘Hey, go get your shine box.’ So I go out earlier. I wear sunglasses and a cap… That’s the downside of being successful.
I knew so many gangsters, and I call on that experience with them for characters.
When I was 18 years old and playing the drums, I never thought that I would have a website and that people will be buying my autographed picture and paying money for it.
People approach you in a different way when you’re a celebrity – some are nice, some are not nice.
I spent my youth playing music, and I worked a lot in New Jersey and New York clubs. At 18, I worked all around Hudson, Essex, and Bergen counties.
I am a musician by rights, and I played in Asbury Park in the old African Room in the Robert Trent Hotel next to the Albion. That was in the early ’60s.
Fellas, one of the most effective ways to meet a woman is on the street.
‘The Godfather’ illustrated the family values – the reality that it was really a family thing, honor and tradition. It wasn’t just a single-dimension thing.
Fellas, it’s all a numbers game. The more women you meet, the greater chance you have of finding the right one.
We define a metrosexual as someone who really takes care of themselves in terms of grooming and style. There is nothing wrong with that. But I think you need to have some other values. It’s cool to incorporate some traditional values into metrosexuality. Then it becomes a good lifestyle.
A man’s man has no problems with commitment, as long as he’s not with a woman who needs to be committed.
As a character actor, you have to understand that it’s not about you. You have to remember it’s about someone else’s life. And your character is just passing through.
Steve Van Zandt is a very intelligent, smart guy. He’s a historian, he knows a lot about rock n’ roll, a lot about music.
My son, Tony Vincent, is a stuntman. He doubles for Jim Caviezel on ‘Person of Interest.’ He works really hard.
I’m not saying ‘The Godfather’ trilogy was bad – because it was brilliant – but that was fiction. It was based on reality.
I wanted to be what I am. All my life. A musician and an actor.
You are you, and nobody else can do what you do. But a little talent can help.
