He spent four years writing it and he was very at ease on the set. At the same time he really knew what he wanted. I wouldn't look at it as a career risk as much as, "Will it be a good working experience?"
I think Steven Spielberg has first movies! Martin Scorsese has first movies. I don't just jump into something. I like the whole audition process.
I'm so critical of myself. I'm actually really, really proud of the film. It's really cool to see a movie at Sundance because everybody is so supportive.
My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it's kind of become a way of life for me.
Those people are unabashedly ruthless as far as money is concerned.
We went to - I guess it was a legitimate boiler room, and I sat in front of this guy who literally was on the phone with two people at once. They call it double fisting.
Giovanni is a Scientologist.
He enjoys playing the guitar.
His best friend is fellow Saving Private Ryan star
He clashed with filmmakers on the set of Basic because of the inclusion of a female special forces unit, women are not allowed in combat in the US Military and he felt it compromised the integrity of the story.
He was married to Mariah O'Brien from the 18th of March 1997 to the 3rd of November 2001.
He won the Sho West Newcomer of the Year award in 1999.
He once competed on a family game show called Im Telling with sister
He is the brother of Gina Ribisi.
His daughter Lucia, born in December 1997, is named after the doomed heroine in the Donzietti opera Lucia di Lammermoor.
He encouraged his good friend