Chazz Palminteri quotes:

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.

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

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Yeah, I like to gamble.

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

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

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.