Chazz Palminteri, Damn Good Fella (Part Two)

are going to look back and see the films that were made and see what the artists of our era have done. I think it's important. That's why I love Woody Allen. He doesn't always hit a home run, but he always has that vision of what he wants. He can blend the elements of comedy and drama so closely together. American Film, June 1991

        This success of his performance in Bullets opened the door for a wider range of parts. He went on to work the other side of crime by playing police detectives in The Perez Family and the sleeper hit, The Usual Suspects. He also played a millionaire businessman in Jade with Linda Fiorentino. "Linda is totally fearless. If she thinks somebody is an asshole, she'll say it, even if that person can help her career. Some people would take that as being wild, but she's one of the smartest women I've ever met. She knows men extremely well. We had a great chemistry. She's Italian, I'm Italian. She has a background similar to mine. We laughed about the girls and the guys in the neighborhood. Linda would sit and rap with me and I felt like I was talking with a guy. Not dirty stuff. But as tough as she is and blunt as she is, she's a little girl inside who's sweet and wonderful and who would make a great wife. I feel sorry for the man who tries to calm her." Playboy, 1996

        He had to juggle two women in his next film Diabolique. He played a villanous husband to Isabelle Adjani with Sharon Stone as his mistress. "It's a role that allows you to be really evil. But it's one of those guys you can be evil but you have to be charming. Those are the guys who are really the scariest. Somebody who's that evil and that nasty, but who's also very charming. He has this sexual and psycholocical hold on these two women." Later, NBC
But Chazz isn't a "method" actor who sits around brooding all day. "Around the set I was really nice. I don't like to take my characters [home]. When they say cut, it's cut, because to be in that kind of mood like this guy would be too hard, it's too much." Later, NBC

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