The 21+ Chazz Palminteri Quotes

My Mom Was Sicilian, My Dad Was Sicilian. Mom Was A Great Cook, But All The Women Were.

I Came Here Knowing Nobody. I Worked Clubs As A Singer And Even The Doors A Few Times Before I Landed Some Tv Roles.

I Love People Who Just Started Making Movies - First-timers, Second-timers. They Take Chances.

Please, If You're Making A Movie, Start Out With A Good Script, At Least! Please!

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.

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.'

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.

Italian-americans Are Not The Mafia.

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.

Yeah, I Like To Gamble.

My Father Always Said, 'the Saddest Thing In Life Is Wasted Talent.'

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.