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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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