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
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.
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.
You don't have to be worried about labeling me.
The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition. I walked away from that.
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'm a traditionalist. I have certain values I live by.
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.
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.
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.
I was 40 when I did my first movie.
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.