I studied with Stella Adler and I didn't like the representational aspect of most opera singers. Most of the opera singers had not a false, but over theatrical way of presenting. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Concurrently, while I was in school, while I was winning awards for acting, I was winning awards for singing, in high school. One of… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
My daughter [Ariana], she's a sweet, lovely girl, but she doesn't have the drive or the belief in herself. As it says in the… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a very liberal community. There are a lot of guys that are also conservative that are frightened or fearful of being able… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I met Quincy [Jones], he had heard my album, someone played the album and he flipped over it. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby, the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these Southampton parties,… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
You have to have a certain kind of celebrity to pull something that big together, but I had a whole thing called The Spirit… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
You have your children and it's hard to even hold it in - emotionally. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Here I was in Estonia, doing a concert for 5,000 people, and not many people know the song My Way - Gorbachev in the… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
My grandmother told a story that when they used to leave from Southampton to go into the City, because he had apartment buildings in… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I was born in the 50s, my mom was pregnant in the 50s, [Frank] Sinatra had that big come back around then, From Here… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
In the eighth grade I found I had a voice for opera, so I followed that path a little, but my impulse has always… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
As a kid, you either wanted to play Bond or a Bond villain. Ask any of my friends in entertainment, whether they are actors… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Quincy [Jones] is one of the greatest world figures, of all-time. I mean he's up there with Muhammad Ali, as far as I'm concerned.… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
In an Italian household, there were two figures for me growing up - you had the Pope and you had Frank Sinatra, and, of… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
![“My daughter [Ariana], she's a sweet, lovely girl, but she doesn't have the drive or the belief in herself. As it says in the film, I get touched up thinking about it, no one can give you a career. You have to have that inner drive. She wants it, but she doesn't know how to go for it, she's too…” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad1/robert-davi-17031_beautiful_my-daughter-ariana-she-s-a-sweet-lovely_233078.jpg)
![“I met Quincy [Jones], he had heard my album, someone played the album and he flipped over it.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c0/robert-davi-17031_albums_i-met-quincy-jones-he-had-heard-my-album_355427.jpg)
![“[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/65a/robert-davi-17031_film_frank-sinatra-to-everyone-even-tony-benn_740924.jpg)
![“Here I was in Estonia, doing a concert for 5,000 people, and not many people know the song My Way - Gorbachev in the 80s, My Way had just become a famous song, and [Mikhail] Gorbachev in a satirical, kind of cynical manner coined the term the Sinatra Doctrine and My Way was the song because the…” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/413/robert-davi-17031_80s_here-i-was-in-estonia-doing-a-concert-fo_770631.jpg)
![“I was born in the 50s, my mom was pregnant in the 50s, [Frank] Sinatra had that big come back around then, From Here to Eternity.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/579/robert-davi-17031_bigs_i-was-born-in-the-50s-my-mom-was-pregnan_858538.jpg)
![“Quincy [Jones] is one of the greatest world figures, of all-time. I mean he's up there with Muhammad Ali, as far as I'm concerned. His humanitarian work, his contribution to the world and music - he's really an amazing man. Even political divides don't affect his humanity. So, to me, that was…” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b7f/robert-davi-17031_all-time_quincy-jones-is-one-of-the-greatest-worl_1272139.jpg)
