Palminteri Quotes & Sayings

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

There is a certain freedom of enjoyment that defines true civilization. And the Spanish are among the few peoples in Europe who are civilized. — Albert Camus

Im a shark cassie, a shark who dreamed he was a man — Rick Yancey

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. — Chazz Palminteri

I have always felt that it was important that everyone who was a worker join a labor organization. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I do not know how Vladimir Putin will be esteemed by the future history, but I have no doubt that among his successes and advantages for Russia historians shall absolutely note the fact of his not altering the constitution, for he created a precedent. And afterwards, no matter who might become president, it shall be extremely difficult to alter the constitution exactly on that point. Extremely difficult. — Vladimir Posner

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. — Chazz Palminteri

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. — Chazz Palminteri

I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers. — Chazz Palminteri

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

I get the beginning. I get the end. Then I write the middle. That's how I do it. — Chazz Palminteri

It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them, and the same thing has occasionally happened in the body. The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant. — Alexander Fleming

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

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

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

I think I'm always trying to challenge myself. I'm definitely going a new direction and trying to write more concisely, but that's the toughest part for me and I definitely think I'm growing in that way, which feels exciting. — Stacey King

Yeah, I like to gamble. — Chazz Palminteri

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. — Chazz Palminteri

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

Chazz Palminteri is just the ultimate screen husband. — Linda Fiorentino

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

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia. — Chazz Palminteri

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful. — Chazz Palminteri

We must trust our thoughts while we sleep. We must trust our hunches. We must begin to examine all of those things that we think of as irrational simply because we do not understand them. In other words, we must distrust the rational, the logical, the sane, in an attempt to reach for something higher, for something more worthy. — Jeff VanderMeer

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. — Chazz Palminteri

A lighthouse is not interested in who gets its light! It just gives it without thinking! Giving light is its nature! — Mehmet Murat Ildan