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.
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.
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.
If I didn't start singing in the cabarets and on my albums, I could have never even tried something like 'Capone.'
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.
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?
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.
My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic.