Chazz Palminteri Quotes

I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard.

I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.

Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I'd do is be an entertainer.

A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.

I always love performing live, and that's what I was doing that started getting me acting parts, so I still find time do it.

I think I was about seven when people started telling my parents I would be an actor or a performer of some kind.

No matter what the role, you're trying to do the impossible - make a living in show business.

I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy.

I'm a rapper trying to be an actor.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

I'm going to be an actor.

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

In my heart and soul, I always knew that I wanted to be in show business.

Probably from, like, my freshman year of high school, I had this desire to perform and also be involved in the show business industry.

Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to be a performer - whether it was acting or singing or whatever.

A part of me always wanted to be an actor.

There's no limit to what you can accomplish in the world of entertainment. It's all I've ever known since I was 19.

I wanted to draw and do costumes. I was prepared to train for that, but I needed something to do on my time off from high school, so I called an agent without telling anyone and started working with her.

I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business, so that's literally 70 years.

I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

I actually started out on the stage as a singer.

I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.

I love to sing! To be in a movie with musical number is the coolest thing ever!

I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic.

I mean, I've always had scattered interests, but I never went on stage to get an agent or anything like that.