When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there would have been nothing better than to spend a week with Dean Martin if I could have. Joe Mantegna More Quotes by Joe Mantegna More Quotes From Joe Mantegna You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities. Joe Mantegna playgolfway Scars remind us where we've been - they don't have to dictate where we are going. Joe Mantegna scar That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack. Joe Mantegna cracksplaycards The actual time you're acting is miniscule compared to the time you're getting ready to do the work. The big difference on series television is, there's not a lot of hanging-out time. You're pumping those pages out, you're doing six, seven, eight pages a day. And I like that pace. Joe Mantegna eightdifferencesacting There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers. Joe Mantegna robberscopevil I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things. Joe Mantegna actorskindcharacter But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways. Joe Mantegna stillsway For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer. Joe Mantegna teresamother I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship. Joe Mantegna censorshipmeanbelieve I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling. Joe Mantegna laststwentiesyears They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken. Joe Mantegna takenclassdrama If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah, I liked his stuff, or for the most part I liked his stuff, or I've enjoyed watching some of the things he's done, that's all I can hope for. Joe Mantegna the-end-of-the-daypeoplelooks Actors are journeymen. We show up for work. We do the job and then we go. What goes on behind the scenes is what goes on behind the scenes. Joe Mantegna actorsgoes-onjobs I think of being an actor as a blue-collar profession. Joe Mantegna actorsbluethinking There's now a Fat Tony doll, which cracks me up. But you feel honored that they asked you to do a voice. Joe Mantegna cracksdollsvoice There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever. Joe Mantegna advicepeople Dean Martin is one of my heroes. Joe Mantegna deanmy-herohero But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of any help the fact that I do acknowledge it then maybe other people will benefit from it because I do have somewhat of a public forum being in the line of work I am. Joe Mantegna benefitslinespeople For the last thirty years in my career I never know what I'm doing next. Joe Mantegna lastscareersyears I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place. Joe Mantegna play
