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13 quotes by Chazz Palminteri

Chazz Palminteri (born Calogero Palminteri on May 15, 1952 ) is an American Italian actor and writer, best known for his performances in The Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale, and his Academy Award nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets over Broadway.
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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... →

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

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

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

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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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Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

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

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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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Yeah, I like to gamble.

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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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