After winning the Oscar for his role as Tommy DeVito in the movie Les affranchis (1990), his entire acceptance speech was "It's my privilege. Thank you." When asked why he didn't say more, he said "I really didn't think I was going to win.".
[on his good friend and Mon cousin Vinny (1992) co-star, the late Fred Gwynne] It takes
somebody who's very serious to pull off a character like Herman
Munster [from Gwynne's series The Munsters (1964)]. It's not simple to play the goof. Fred was not Herman. He was
an intelligent, quiet gentleman.
