Tony Danza
Tony Danza
Tony Danza is an Italian-American actor and former professional boxer. He is best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom The Tony Danza Show...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth21 April 1951
CityBrooklyn, NY
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Look, when I got in trouble in school I got in trouble at home. Now when kids get in trouble at school, the teacher gets in trouble. So the families are important.
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If you're a teacher you have to teach the curriculum, all that stuff, you have to teach morals, you have to teach values, and you have to teach, all-importantly, self-control. Because a lot of kids don't have it.
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Teaching high school in an inner-city school is not an easy task. Every teacher is responsible for 150 teenagers. The amount of work is just mind-boggling. Remember, you're not just doing a job. You have these kids' futures in your hand; you have to inspire them.
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said Danza before taking the hill last night. ''And I'm going to shake off the catcher.
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I wanted someone who could embody this villainy and this very subtle villainy.
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I wanted one bad. It was a way to be socially conscious and still cool.
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It's the most amazing thing to watch your son be a father, and he's just wonderful at it. This is a real watershed moment for our family.
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You can't help but see a lot of young people storming the fort. It's hard for the guy who's been around 20 years to be the hot guy.
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I think the title belies how provacative it is. It's smart, it's well acted, and it's terrific. So, I thought it sounded like a pretty good deal.
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I got this call that they wanted me to join this cast. They called it a family show, and it thought that it would be similar to all family shows. I wasn't sure about this until I watched some tapes, and was amazed.
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The joke I wanted to put into one of the promos for this new season, was to have a guy come up to me and say, Hey! Tony! I love your show, I've watched you every night since you started! And then I'd say, Ah! You're the one!
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Sometimes it's like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just can't help yourself. Some of those so-called bad interviews actually turned into compelling television.
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We did 112 shows and had 112 parties.
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Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!