Chazz Palminteri Quotes

#1. Also, there's the caliber of actors that we keep getting. Lorraine Bracco plays my mom and Chazz Palminteri plays my father, and Brian Dennehy and Donnie Wahlberg have been on the show. And, we've got Billy Burke from Twilight. We've gotten all kinds of fantastic actors. That speaks for itself.

Angie Harmon

#2. Chazz Palminteri is just the ultimate screen husband.

Linda Fiorentino

#3. I get the beginning. I get the end. Then I write the middle. That's how I do it.

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

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#5. Yeah, I like to gamble.

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#6. 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.

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#7. 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.

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#8. 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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#9. My father always said, 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.'

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#10. I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

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#11. I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.

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#12. My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain is much more interesting to play.

Charles Dance

#13. Every fresh acquirement is another remedy against affliction and time.

Robert Aris Willmott

#14. No one's going to shoot at me.

Lee Harvey Oswald

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

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

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#18. Living in the Spirit changes your attitude, thinking, and ultimately your actions.

Elizabeth George

#19. 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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#20. 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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#21. Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

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#22. Depression catches everyone who lives long enough to be caught.

Steve Fowler

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

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