Chazz Palminteri Quotes

• Yeah, I like to gamble.

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

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• I always knew I was going to make it, without doubt.

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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.

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• I get the beginning. I get the end. Then I write the middle. That’s how I do it.

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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.

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

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  Tags in Making, People

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

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• Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Chazz Palminteri (13)

Birth:	15th May, 1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Screenwriter

About

Chazz Palminteri was born in The Bronx, New York City. He is an American actor and  screenwriter. Palminteri has had acclaimed dramatic performances in films such as The Perez Family, Jade and Diabolique, as well as comedic roles in films such as Oscar, Analyze This and Down to Earth. In 2004, he received the "Indie Hero Award" from the Method Fest Independent Film Festival for his artistic achievements in film. In 2011, Palminteri opened a restaurant, "Chazz: A Bronx Original", in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood, their main foods are coal fired pizza and Italian food.

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