Insider Explains the Real Reason Hollywood Is Collapsing | Chazz Palminteri

The Rubin Report

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News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Chazz Palminteri about his legendary career as the writer and star of A Bronx Tale; how the film grew from a real childhood incident and why it's a father-son story more than a mafia movie; how Hollywood's political correctness and obsession with blockbusters over artistic filmmaking is hurting the film industry; why writing fulfills him more than acting and how he stays apolitical in the industry; what it was like to work with Woody Allen, Harold Ramis, and Billy Crystal; updates on his new play, TV projects, and his NYC restaurants; and much more.

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0:00.0	Back then they made movies where the artist made the movie.
0:05.3	You know, now you have to be so careful of what you say in a movie.
0:12.9	If it doesn't fit a certain criteria, they won't show it.
0:18.7	I hope it gets away from that you know uh i really do i hope it does
0:26.3	because i mean godfather couldn't be made today mm-mmy-night cowboy couldn't be made today
0:33.4	you know uh a lot of great movies couldn't be made today.
0:38.4	So that's what said.
0:39.9	I mean, I'm hoping that I'm hoping one day it changes back, you know.
0:53.6	All right, I'm Dave Rubin, and joining me today as an Oscar-nominated actor, best known for his roles in a Bronx tale, the usual suspects, bullets over Broadway, and many others.
1:02.8	Chaz Palman Terry, it is good to talk to you. How are you doing?
1:06.5	All right, I'm pretty good, David. How are you?
1:08.7	I'm all right. I have to say, I was going through the long list of movies you've been in. Those were the three that I picked. And I know Bronx Tale particularly has a special place to you, and I rewatched it last night. So I want to talk about that a bit. But should I have thrown something else in there if I just had to pick three films? Should analyze this have been in there? What else should we have thrown in there?
1:30.4	Yeah, well, I mean, those are all good movies.
1:36.7	Some more, you know, guide to recognizing as Saints is one of my favorites.
1:39.8	The cast was pretty amazing.
1:42.9	We won the Sundance Award for Best Cast.
1:46.6	Robert Downey, Jr., myself, China Tatum.
1:48.3	It was a great cast.
1:51.7	But, yeah, no, Mahalo Falls, maybe.
1:54.2	I made a lot of great movies, you know, I'm very fortunate.
2:02.6	So I'm thrilled to talk to you because my audience knows I'm a big fan of mafia movies in general. I just had a long flight back from Australia where I watched Godfather. I watched Godfather too. I watched Goodfellas. Last night,
2:07.0	I rewatched Bronx Tale, which I probably haven't seen for about two or three years. First off,
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