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

- Chazz Palminteri

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

- Chazz Palminteri

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 oka…

- Chazz Palminteri

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

- Chazz Palminteri

The key is you have to keep doing the right thing. Do the right thing and stay around long enough, and you'll keep getting parts. And if you don't, y…

- Chazz Palminteri

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 potat…

- Chazz Palminteri

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…

- Chazz Palminteri

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

- Chazz Palminteri

When you feel good about the work you're doing, that's what's important, not the budget or anything like that. If you're happy about the actors you'r…

- Chazz Palminteri