American - Actor | June 20, 1933 -
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
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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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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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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.
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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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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 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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I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play.
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