Quotes by Danny Aiello

About Danny Aiello:

Daniel Louis "Danny" Aiello, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures, including Once Upon a Time in America, Ruby, The Godfather: Part II, Hudson Hawk, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Léon: The Professional, Two Days in the Valley, Once Around and Dinner Rush. He had a pivotal role in the 1989 Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione, the pizzeria owner, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Aiello also played Don Domenico Clericuzio in a miniseries, Mario Puzo's The Last Don.
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There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art.

Danny Aiello

My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous administration, I turned in my card to become a Republican. I did not want to be known as a Democrat under that person's regime.

Danny Aiello

My father was never around. It was almost as if he didn't exist. I would tell my friends he was in Cleveland, on business. Sometimes, every six months or so, he would come by for dinner.

Danny Aiello

Death can't be so bad if mom went through it. It makes it easier for the child to follow.

Danny Aiello

My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic.

Danny Aiello

I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play.

Danny Aiello

People have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me it's not about my intelligence. It's who can I beat up.

Danny Aiello

Look, people have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me it's not about my intelligence. It's who can I beat up.

Danny Aiello

I was just so blatantly shy throughout my life.

Danny Aiello

At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than posterity.

Danny Aiello

People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now... I love it.

Danny Aiello

I fell in love with the most beautiful girl in the Bronx.

Danny Aiello

An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.

Danny Aiello

I don't know anyone who curses the way they do on the Sopranos. Not in an Italian household. I never said the word hell in front of my mother.

Danny Aiello

I'm a traditionalist. I have certain values I live by.

Danny Aiello

If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.

Danny Aiello

My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer.

Danny Aiello

The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition. I walked away from that.

Danny Aiello

You don't have to be worried about labeling me.

Danny Aiello

I was 40 when I did my first movie.

Danny Aiello

Author Bio

  • NameDanny Aiello
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornJune 20, 1933
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Voice Actor