Joe Mantegna

“I'm from Chicago. I'm a Chicagoan. And I think that's a big part of who I am.”

“I'm a character actor. I've always been a character actor.”

“I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.”

“You have to be a little bit of a maniac to be a successful actor.”

“I've always had a great respect for the law.”

“If you're an actor, you're a storyteller. And if you're a good storyteller, you're a good actor.”

“When you're a voice actor, you're a hired gun. You're a person who's coming in to do a job.”

“I'm a big believer in the fact that if you're a professional, you're a professional in whatever you do.”

“I've been very fortunate. I've been able to do a lot of different things.”

“I've always been a fan of the gangster genre.”

“I'm a big supporter of the military. I think we have a great military.”

“I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creative energies of all the people that are working on the film into a singular vision.”

“I don't think you ever stop learning. I think you ever stop learning, you're dead.”

“The one thing I've always been able to do is to be on television and in film and still be able to do theater.”

“My father died when I was two. I have a brother who is 20 years older than I am.”