Danny Aiello - biography

“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.”

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

“My mother was the total influence.  My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I have sons, and they have never said the word hell in front of me or my wife.  That’s the truth.”

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

“I’m a traditionalist.  I have certain values I live by.”

“If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.”

“The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition.  I walked away from that.”

“You don’t have to be worried about labeling me.”

Danny Aiello has appeared in the following films:
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
The Godmothers (1973)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Bloodbrothers (1978)
Fingers (1978)
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Deathmask (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Old Enough (1984)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
The Protector (1985)
The Stuff (1985)
Moonstruck (1987)
Radio Days (1987)
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Man on Fire (1987)
Russicum - I giorni del diavolo (1988)
The January Man (1989)
Harlem Nights (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Once Around (1991)
29th Street (1991)
Mistress (1992)
Ruby (1992)
The Pickle (1993)
Léon (1994)
Save the Rabbits (1994)
Two Much (1995)
City Hall (1996)
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
Mojave Moon (1996)
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
Prince of Central Park (2000)
Mambo Café (2000)
Off Key (2001)
Zeyda and the Hitman (2004)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)