Chazz Palminteri Quotes

• The saddest thing in life is wasted talent, and the choices you make will shape your life forever.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Things In Life, Choices, Forever

  Twitter post from Apr 15, 2015

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• I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Real, Italian, Men

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• My mother and father told me I was god. I was a good Italian boy who hung out with the same four guys. I was a little god.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Mother, Father, Italian

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• I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Successful

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• I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Roulette, Dice, Grew Up

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• The key is you have to keep doing the right thing. Do the right thing and stay around long enough, and you'll keep getting parts. And if you don't, you write your own parts, which I'm lucky to do. It's like anything else: you get hot, you get cold, then you get hot again. You just keep working.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Writing, Long, Hot

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Oh, great reviews are the worst. They mislead you more than the bad ones, because they only fuel your ego. Then you only want another one, like potato chips or something, and the best thing you get is fat and bloated. I'd rather just refuse, thanks.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Rejection, Ego, Fuel

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• When you feel good about the work you're doing, that's what's important, not the budget or anything like that. If you're happy about the actors you're working with, that's what's important.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Feel Good, Important

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• My father always said, 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.'

  Chazz Palminteri

  Father, Things In Life, Talent

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• The way I pick movies is, first, if the script is any good. Then, if the script is good, who else is in it, the director, the producer, all that. If you have all that, there's a chance the movie will be great. If the script isn't right, or the director or cast isn't right, you've got no shot in hell.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Chance, Hell, Producers

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Mental violence is as bad as physical violence. You don't see that very often in movies, so it was a good subject to tackle.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Violence, Subjects, Physical Violence

  "Chazz Palminteri: Feeling Mighty Fine" by Marshall Fine, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2012.

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• Yeah, I like to gamble.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Yeah, Gamble

  "Interview: Chazz Palminteri On 'Yonkers Joe'". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. January 7, 2009.

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• I never worried about becoming typecast. People have said that to me, but I never worried about it. As long as the part is three dimensional, I'm okay with it, whether the role is to play the heavy, the cop.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Long, People, Cop

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Italian, Mafia, Russian Mafia

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• Doing voiceover, they bring you in, you're wearing jeans, you haven't shaved, you're wearing a baseball cap, and you go in, do it, make a lot of money and go home. It's fun. I enjoy doing it very much. So that's been really fun for me.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Baseball, Fun, Home

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• I came here knowing nobody. I worked clubs as a singer and even the doors a few times before I landed some TV roles.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Knowing, Doors, Clubs

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• I had a 90-minute one-man show. I performed it and my life just exploded. Everything - my life just changed. Every writer, director, producer, studio head, movie star - they all wanted it. It was the hottest property since 'Rocky.'

  Chazz Palminteri

  Stars, Men, Directors

  "Chazz Palminteri on 'A Bronx Tale,' Keyser Söze, and Stallone's career advice". Interview with Ryan Vlastelica, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2016.

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• I thought that if no one was going to give me a great part - and it was very difficult to break into film, obviously - then I'd write one myself.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Writing, Giving, Film

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Please, if you're making a movie, start out with a good script, at least! Please!

  Chazz Palminteri

  Movie Star

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• I love people who just started making movies - first-timers, second-timers. They take chances.

  Chazz Palminteri

  People, Firsts, Chance

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• My mom was Sicilian, my dad was Sicilian. Mom was a great cook, but all the women were.

  Chazz Palminteri

  Mom, Dad, Sicilian

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