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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Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.
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I understand shipping - you have to expect to pay for the stamps or for the freight company - but what's this handling they always have? How much does handling cost, anyway? I don't want a lot of people handling something I'm going to buy before I get it. How much would it cost if you didn't handle it before you sent it to me?
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Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old.
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When, however, you have an enemy, then do not requite him good for evil: for that would shame him. Instead, prove that he did some good for you. And rather be angry than put to shame! And when you are cursed, I do not like it that you want to bless. Rather curse a little also! And if you are done a great injustice, then quickly add five small ones. Hideous to behold is he who is obsessed with an injustice.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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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.
