There is definitely places in America where, if you're born into that environment, your chances of getting out are really, really limited.

I went from being 'Mario who?' to 'Mario baby!

My father told me you have two loves in your life: What you do and the people you're with.

My dad always said there's four phases in an actor/director's life. There's 'Mario Who?' There's 'Get me Mario!' 'Get me a young Mario,' and 'Mario Who?'

I've been bashed my whole career.

The entire idea of building a series of systems in a business is simply this - to create the tools that allow you, as a business owner, to increase productivity and get the job done. The idea behind these systems, of course, is to quit needing your judgement or input in every area of the business.

It's pretty traumatic knowing that your instrument that's your career isn't working, and you've got to have an operation.

My grandparents actually, whenever they got the chance, took me to Broadway, but that started when I was in high school, because that's when I realized... At the very beginning of high school, I realized, 'Oh my gosh. Okay, this is a career choice for me.' So yeah, then they always brought me to New York to see Broadway shows whenever they could.