Chazz Palminteri Quotes

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

You see kids leave drama school who are drop-dead gorgeous and they just go stratospheric instant'aneously.

In my life, I've been a movie star, a rock star, and a sports star, all wrapped up into one-and worked harder at it than anybody else.

You can't be a good actor if you get too affected by fame. Because then you're not real, and you're not really wanting more. You look at a lot of actors who, before they were famous, did a lot of amazing work, and once they got too big, it just got off.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

I think American Idol is a great career launcher. A blessing for all of us.

The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama which secures for the gifted artists a world-wide fame princes well might envy.

I believe I made it in show business.

Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career.

You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

You think that if you are the best actor, you deserve the most or if you are the biggest star, you deserve the most. That race just isn't important to me.

I loved everything about show business, meeting the stars, the whole ambience. I was living every young kid's dream. I was told a pop singer's life was three years, but I was still making money seven years later.

I am going to be a great actress.

We finally got our big break when Ed Sullivan put us on his show.

If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.

My friends have always told me that rock stardom was wasted on me.