Danny Aiello
Danny Aiello
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 Rushand Lucky Number Slevin. He had a pivotal role in the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thingas Salvatore "Sal" Frangione, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Aiello...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 June 1933
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I have sons, and they have never said the word hell in front of me or my wife. That's the truth.
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.
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.
My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration.
If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.
I was just so blatantly shy throughout my life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer.
Death can't be so bad if mom went through it. It makes it easier for the child to follow.
An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.