33 Quotes by Danny Aiello

I fell in love with the most beautiful girl in the Bronx.

I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play.

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.

My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic.

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.

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?

An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.

Death can't be so bad if mom went through it. It makes it easier for the child to follow.

If I didn't start singing in the cabarets and on my albums, I could have never even tried something like 'Capone.'