Don't try too hard to be young. Be who you are.
Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!
Hold back the tide. Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.
I am looking forward to getting to do things I have never done before.
I did Vibe, and I felt old and paternal. I've got ties older than people in that audience. I had a talk with myself. I said, You've got to deal with this better.
I got this call that they wanted me to join this cast. They called it a family show, and it thought that it would be similar to all family shows. I wasn't sure about this until I watched some tapes, and was amazed.
I know this sounds funny, but in many ways the lack of good time slots in some key markets like Chicago was a favor in disguise.
I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them.
I think the title belies how provacative it is. It's smart, it's well acted, and it's terrific. So, I thought it sounded like a pretty good deal.
I told my how-I-got-discovered story. It's a great story. It's gold. I caught an attitude.
I was thinking about my mother instead of skiing. It was my first Christmas without her. I was having a big-time blah. Then-boom!
I'm a little upset about this. Here's a guy out there lecturing people about drugs, but out of wedlock births don't seem to bother him.
In an earthquake, I shouldn't run out of the house - I should run into it.
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.
Last year no one in Los Angeles, for all practical purposes, could watch our show, so it was much harder getting good guests.
My two best-known characters were both named Tony. For most people, I'm just Tony-period. They've never thought of me as some other character. I think that's another big part of that big connect thing.
Not having the pressure allowed us to get our feet wet, to figure things out, to see where we were taking the show.
Sometimes it's like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just can't help yourself. Some of those so-called bad interviews actually turned into compelling television.
The joke I wanted to put into one of the promos for this new season, was to have a guy come up to me and say, Hey! Tony! I love your show, I've watched you every night since you started! And then I'd say, Ah! You're the one!
The publicists are the gatekeepers, and they wield a lot of power. They're the ones giving you access to their clients.
There's no school for this, you just have to observe and pay attention to what worked, and then figure out why it worked.
To get on The Tonight Show, you had to be a good guest. They'd inteniew you before you could go on.
We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you kids. It's all about you kids.
We did 112 shows and had 112 parties.
We've done a lot of tweaking. There are a bunch of new producers, and I'm blown away by some of the ideas they've come up with.
With a good time slot in LA, that will change a lot of things-providing the kind of A-list guests that audiences want to watch.
You can't help but see a lot of young people storming the fort. It's hard for the guy who's been around 20 years to be the hot guy.
He broke his back skiing in Utah in 1993, and has plates, rods, and screws in his spine. He lost his house in the Northridge quake January 17, 1994.
He graduated from the University of Dubuque.
He is actually behind the wheel of the cab that's driving across the bridge during the beginning credits of every episode of "Taxi" (1978).
Before he starred in "Taxi" (1978), Tony was a boxer and was still fighting professionally during the first few seasons.
Has two daughters Katie (b. 1987), Emily (b. 1993) and one son, Marc Anthony Danza (b. 1971). Marc Anthony guest starred in an episode of "Taxi" (1978) playing a handicapped kid.
Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival in 1999
Wrote to the late Tupac Shakur while he was in prison. The two later became friends.
Tony Micelli, Danza's character on "Who's the Boss?" (1984), was ranked #23 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
Tony's son, Marc Anthony Danza, also appeared in another episode of "Taxi" (1978) in which Marc portrayed a foster child that Tony wanted to adopt.
Made his professional boxing debut on August 3, 1976 by knocking out Earl Harris in the first round.
Danza scored first round knockouts over Earl Harris, Joe Marcetti, Ralph Garcia, Ray Bryant, Tony Rodriguez, Billy Perez, and Max Hord.
Escaped serious injury on 9 May 2005 when the mini stock-car he was driving flipped over and he wasn't wearing a helmet.
His character "Tony Banta" in "Taxi" (1978) was originally called "Phil Banta". The producers thought with him being an unexperienced actor that he would not respond to the name Phil, so they changed it to his real life name.
The metal rock band The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza was named after the actor.
Became a grandfather for the first time on August 27th 2005 when son, Marc Anthony Danza, 34, and wife Julie, also 34, welcomed baby Nicholas David.
Has an Italian-Canadian cousin named Daniel Gianotti.
Retired from boxing following his 3rd round knockout victory over Johnny Heard on May 5, 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona.
On September 9, 1977, he was knocked down by Ralph "Rocky" Garcia, but climbed off the canvas to knock out Garcia in the 1st round.
He lost 3 fights as a professional boxer: a 1st round knockout to John LoCicero on October 1, 1976, a 4 round decision to Barry Hill on April 21, 1977, and a 1st round knockout loss to Morris Watkins on November 11, 1977.
As a professional boxer, he fought in such cities as Brooklyn, New York, Long Island, Nanuet, White Plains, and Phoenix.
Almost always watches the show "24" (2001) with Liza Minnelli.
Turned down the role of Swan in "The Warriors" for the role of Tony Banta on "Taxi.".
First "Hollywood girlfriend" was "Taxi" (1978) costar Marilu Henner.
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