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Tony Danza

(1951) Actor United States

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Tony Danza is an actor from the United States, best known for I'd like to apologize to every teacher I ever had.

Quick Facts About Tony Danza

Born: April 21, 1951
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: I'd like to apologize to every teacher I ever had

About Tony Danza

Tony Danza is an American actor and retired professional boxer. He is known for co-starring in the television series Taxi (1978–1983) and Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom The Tony Danza Show. He has also appeared in films such as The Hollywood Knights (1980), Going Ape! (1981), She's Out of Control (1989), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Crash (2004), and Don Jon (2013).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Tony Danza · Page 2

“And whether or not the educators who are trying to raise up America's students can actually set and meet higher academic standards,…

Education

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We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you…

Art

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I always wanted to be a teacher. I went to school to be a teacher. And I've always, you know, had this…

About

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I was thinking about my mother instead of skiing. It was my first Christmas without her. I was having a big-time blah.…

Christmas

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Not having the pressure allowed us to get our feet wet, to figure things out, to see where we were taking the…

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I told my how-I-got-discovered story. It's a great story. It's gold. I caught an attitude.

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It's a lot like sparring, like boxing. You're working so hard just to survive in there, you can't work on the details.

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What happened is, when I was doing 'Taxi,' the last year, we did this thing where we had on top hats and…

Always

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I worked at an old folks' home once in Harlem, and I was an activities volunteer. I used to do all these…

Activities

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If you're a teacher you have to teach the curriculum, all that stuff, you have to teach morals, you have to teach…

Character

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We can't want an education for kids more than they want it for themselves.

Children

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Teaching high school in an inner-city school is not an easy task. Every teacher is responsible for 150 teenagers. The amount of…

Amount

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The joke I wanted to put into one of the promos for this new season, was to have a guy come up…

Ah

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I am a singer and dancer, and I've been perfecting it for a lot of years.

Am

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Look, when I got in trouble in school I got in trouble at home. Now when kids get in trouble at school,…

Family

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In an earthquake, I shouldn't run out of the house -- I should run into it.

Home

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I wasn't a bad kid. I was a good kid. But I had gotten in a lot of fights 'cause in the…

Almost

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Last year no one in Los Angeles, for all practical purposes, could watch our show, so it was much harder getting good…

Last year

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I am looking forward to getting to do things I have never done before.

Done

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I'm into women. I just really like women a lot.

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There was a time when watching a cartoon was a nurturing experience. You would watch a Warner Bros. cartoon, and at the…

Bros

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I'm an American songbook guy, though I've got eclectic tastes. I really love the American songbook. I've taken up the ukulele, and…

Also

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What's interesting is that I get messages from people who think I'm gone. I have messages like "Tony, we're so sorry. We…

Gone

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Every job has its pros and cons. The NFL just has more of both.

Jobs

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