我记得我第一次在银幕上看到罗伯特·德尼罗时，我才13岁，那时我还瞧不起这个我毕生的职业。后来我发现事实上演戏是一个职业。我和父亲去看《午夜狂奔》，我记得父亲在电影开始时指着银幕对我说：“看到那个家伙了吗？那个家伙很厉害。他叫罗伯特·德尼罗。你想看到一个了不起的演员吗？那你就记住他。”

　　Three years later I was in the position while I needed him to remember my face. I was one of the last of many contenders for the lead and what would become my first fiche film This Boy's Life. And before this critical condition I watched as many as films that I could. And I asked myself over and over and over again what is the one quality that he would see in me that he would respect and that came to me. Menace. I knew that I needed to work in that audition and be a menacing force to be reckoned with.

　　三年后，情况改变了，是他记住我的容貌的时候了。那时包括我在内的许多人都在竞争电影《男生生活》的主角，而我排在最后。事实上这是我演的第一部电影。在这关键时刻之前，我看了很多电影。我一次又一次地问自己，什么样的素质能引起他的注意，并且让他选中我。最后我想出来了：震慑。我知道在试演中我需要表现得有威慑力才能得到重视。

　　We'll make an appointment to see De Niro's character actually ran me a muster jar into my eye and asking me repeatedly "Is it empty? Is it empty?" I knew this is my moment.

　　我们这些竞争者相约去见证一下德尼罗的个性。可实际上他指着摆在我面前的一个罐子，一遍一遍地问我：“这是空的吗？这是空的吗？”我知道我的时刻到来了。