Danny Aiello Quotes
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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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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I'm not sure my books would translate into movies very easily. So rather than have someone do a terrible job, I haven't been willing to sell them.
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The good days weren't really so good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
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Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.
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There are people who've enjoyed my work in the theater, and they let me know that it was special for them. I'm not going to say, 'Well, you should have seen me as Gandalf!'
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It's one of the bases of all human existence - the relation between parents and children, whether biologically or metaphorically. It's something we can never get away from, even in a civilization where we're controlled by robots. It's the basic relationship between mature people who represent paternal and maternal figures and young people. It's universal - it's part of human existence. It's always been that way, and it will always be that way if humans remain around.
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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.
