Chazz Palminteri Net Worth

Chazz Palminteri's Quotes

• I speak as much as I can about the working man in the Italian-American community. It's the working man who makes up the heart of the community. The Italian-Americans I play are mobsters who have a heart or a positive element.
• I think the lessons I learned growing up in the streets in the Bronx were never tip your hand too soon. Always keep your cards close to the vest.
• On the Waterfront (1954) is still the greatest movie ever made.
• [re his Bronx childhood] The big guys used to beat up the little guys, and the little guys used to beat up the real little guys. If you were a little guy, you'd become a big guy and then beat up the little guys underneath you. Kids now, all they do is sit down and play Facebook. I was on the stoop, and I saw a man kill another man right in front of me. People go, 'You must have been traumatized!' I really wasn't. I just saw this guy kill a guy, and my father dragged me upstairs, we talked about it, I didn't rat on the guy, and that was it.

Interesting Facts about Chazz Palminteri

1. Daughter Gabriella Palminteri born 25 December 2001 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
2. Son Dante Palminteri born October 11, 1995.
3. Chazz used to bounce at The LimeLight in New York City.
4. He was initially offered $250,000, then a seven-figure amount, for the film rights to his play "A Bronx Tale," but he refused to sell out, insisting that he write the screenplay and play the lead, which he did (A Bronx Tale (1993)).
5. Although "A Bronx Tale" was his first play, he had written skits for a comedy troupe for about four or five years prior to that.
6. Began as a long-haired lead singer for a band called "Razzamachazz."
7. Is a frequent caller to WFAN sports radio in New York.
8. Italian-American, with roots in Agrigento, Sicily.
9. Was considered for the role of Dean Martin in The Rat Pack (1998).
10. Got his role in The Usual Suspects after it was turned down by Al Pacino.
11. Voiced two animated characters who were junkyard animals that hated house animals. In Stuart Little (1999) he voiced Smokey a junkyard cat who hated house cats and in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure he voiced Buster a junkyard dog who hated house dogs.
12. As of 2018, has never appeared in a film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
13. Filmed a very eloquent voice-over eulogy to Edward G. Robinson for TCM, where he pays moving tribute to the great Golden Age actor, and where he beautifully showcases the emotional nuances and fine subtleties in Robinson's acting. It airs every few years on TCM.
14. Friends with Carmine Caridi.