Paul Sorvino
Paul Sorvino
Paul Anthony Sorvinois an American actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is possibly best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero, a portrayal of Paul Vario in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order. He is the father of actress Mira Sorvino and actor Michael Sorvino...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth13 April 1939
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Whatever we know about him is probably true. Whatever we hear about him is probably true. That he is one of the great lovers of the 20th century or a tryster is certainly a fact. And that's obvious. I don't think he would hide that. ... But that gives me no problem with the guy. Hey, we're men.
I have such an image of a mafioso.
I don't know what would have been worse: If Mira had come home one day to say she was gay or an actress.
I prepare for every role. I come into class with my homework under my arm.
If there's a phone call to be made, I make it,
Ultimately, love conquers all, and gay or straight, don't we all want to believe that? I would that if this was to happen to me, and one of my kids had come and told me he or she was gay, I would say: If that's the only way you can live, then I love you.
People see me in powerful roles. That's what people want to see. That's what I want to do.
Where the material is, that's where you go. I'm a workman: I go to work. I've done movies for nothing, literally nothing; I did 'Last I Heard' for next to nothing.
Technically, I'm a knight. My family goes back a thousand years in the Naples area. We're a titled, noble people.
When I was 25, I was in a show called 'Bajour,' and I was going to leave the show because I couldn't breathe. I couldn't sing, and I couldn't do the basic dance steps I had to do. Fortunately, two actors in the production - who were also yoga instructors - taught me some breathing exercises, and my asthma was cured that day.
There are many people who think I'm actually a gangster or a mafioso, largely because of 'Goodfella'.
I'm a warrior if you try to hurt my family. And anybody I see getting it in the neck out there, I'm right there to protect them. I'm a big, strong guy who knows what he's doing. I've stopped a lot of things in the street, stopped a lot of people from getting hurt.
It's a lot of time and effort - what can I tell you?