Quotes by Vincent D'Onofrio

About Vincent D'Onofrio:

Vincent Philip D'Onofrio is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and singer. He is known for his roles as Private Leonard Lawrence ("Gomer Pyle") in the war film Full Metal Jacket, Edgar in Men in Black, and Detective Robert Goren in the crime television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He has also co-starred in The Judge, Run All Night, and Jurassic World, and portrayed Wilson Fisk/Kingpin in the Netflix series Daredevil, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name.
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If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

Vincent D'Onofrio

At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

Vincent D'Onofrio

But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.

Vincent D'Onofrio

It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good.

Vincent D'Onofrio

My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it.

Vincent D'Onofrio

It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good.

Vincent D'Onofrio

When you're a child you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.

Vincent D'Onofrio

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

Vincent D'Onofrio

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

Vincent D'Onofrio

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

Vincent D'Onofrio

The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.

Vincent D'Onofrio

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

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Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in.

Vincent D'Onofrio

It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Author Bio

  • NameVincent D'Onofrio
  • DescriptionAmerican film and television actor
  • BornJune 30, 1959
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Singer; Writer