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Chazz Palminteri

Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and playwright. He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets over Broadway, the 1993 film A Bronx Tale, based on his play of the same name, Special Agent David "Dave" Kujan in The Usual Suspects, Primo Sidone in Analyze This and his recurring role as Shorty in Modern Family.

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Yeah, I like to gamble.

Yeah, Gamble, Like

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.

Aberration, Fireman, Italian, Men, Real

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.

Ego, Fuel, Ones, Rejection, Thanks

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 okay with it, whether the role is to play the heavy, the cop.

Cop, Heavy, Long, People, Said, Typecast

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

Successful, Famous

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

Italian, Mafia, Russian Mafia

Please, if you're making a movie, start out with a good script, at least! Please!

Making, Movie, Movie Star, Please, Script, Start

The way I pick movies is, first, if the script is any good. Then, if the script is good, who else is in it, the director, the producer, all that. If you have all that, there's a chance the movie will be great. If the script isn't right, or the director or cast isn't right, you've got no shot in hell.

Chance, Hell, Movie, Producers, Script

I thought that if no one was going to give me a great part - and it was very difficult to break into film, obviously - then I'd write one myself.

Film, Giving, Obviously, Thought, Writing

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

Father, Life, Saddest, Talent, Thing, Things In Life

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

Dice, Gamblers, Grew Up, Like, Playing, Roulette

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, you write your own parts, which I'm lucky to do. It's like anything else: you get hot, you get cold, then you get hot again. You just keep working.

Hot, Long, Parts, Thing, Working, Writing

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

Chance, Chances, Firsts, Making, People, Take