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Danny Aiello [1933-0] American
Rank: 104
Actor


Daniel Louis "Danny" Aiello, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Godfather: Part II, The Front, Once Upon a Time in America, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Hudson Hawk, Ruby, Léon: The Professional, 2 Days in the Valley, Dinner Rush and Lucky Number Slevin.

Intelligence, Respect



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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. Respect
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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. Intelligence
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I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play.
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I fell in love with the most beautiful girl in the Bronx.
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My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic.
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We talk about Hollywood being pro-labor, yet about 70% of our industry has been farmed out to Canada, meaning we are losing jobs like crazy. Where's organized labor asking how we can allow such a thing to happen?
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An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.
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Death can't be so bad if mom went through it. It makes it easier for the child to follow.
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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.
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My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer.
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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. Intelligence
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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.
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If I didn't start singing in the cabarets and on my albums, I could have never even tried something like 'Capone.'
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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.
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I have sons, and they have never said the word hell in front of me or my wife. That's the truth.
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I'm a traditionalist. I have certain values I live by.
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If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.
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The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition. I walked away from that.
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You don't have to be worried about labeling me.
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I was 40 when I did my first movie.
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I was just so blatantly shy throughout my life.
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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.
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I used to make up stories about my father. I would go to the movies and look for a character who looked like my father.
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My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration.
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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.
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