Quotations and phrases

Don't try too hard to be young. Be who you are.
-- Tony Danza

Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!
-- Tony Danza

Hold back the tide. Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.
-- Tony Danza

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

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.
-- Tony Danza

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.
-- Tony Danza

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.
-- Tony Danza

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.
-- Tony Danza

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.
-- Tony Danza

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.
-- Tony Danza

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

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.
-- Tony Danza

Not having the pressure allowed us to get our feet wet, to figure things out, to see where we were taking the show.
-- Tony Danza

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.
-- Tony Danza

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!
-- Tony Danza

The publicists are the gatekeepers, and they wield a lot of power. They're the ones giving you access to their clients.
-- Tony Danza

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.
-- Tony Danza

We did 112 shows and had 112 parties.
-- Tony Danza

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.
-- Tony Danza

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