Matthew Modine says there’s something even better about being famous than scoring courtside Knicks seats — wriggling out of speeding tickets.
The 61-year-old actor estimated that cops have let him out of approximately a hundred infractions over the years due to his indelible portrayal of Private Joker in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick classic “Full Metal Jacket.” Modine, who insists his lead-foot days are over, told Page Six that anyone who has been through any kind of boot camp, such as cops, always recognize him and are happy to give him a pass.
Not that he sniffs up his nose at courtside seats at the Garden. Matthew Modine estimates that his role in 'Full Metal Jacket' has helped him to get out of about 100 speeding tickets.
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