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 PalminteriMy 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 PalminteriI 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 okay with it, whether the role is to play the heavy, the cop.
Chazz Palminteri