Did he tell you to open your own pizzeria?

Did you ask him not to preach and insist that you're keeping your baby?

Did you ask him why I always get him mixed up with Vincent Gardenia?

Did you ask him why he never appeared in anything Super Mario-related?

Where did you encounter him?

(Summer apparently is a crappy time for celeb sightings in NY -- I had to make to with watching Charles Schumer walk by in the Pride Parade. . .)

I like Danny Aiello. Does he still have those twinkly eyes?

I met Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Mike Myers last summer here in the city. They're around. Oh yeah and Pride Marches are great to find a celeb or two. I saw Rosie O'Donnell (surprise!) a couple years ago.

He was wearing sunglasses. Walking out of my building (downtown Manhattan). I saw him and thought to myself..."Is that Danny Aiello? Why the hell would he be in this crappy building?" I was nearing the point where I had to avert my eyes because then I would have been staring when he flashed a smile and said "Hi".

I was taken aback. Smiled and said "hi". Walked in and said to the securities guards that he just said hi to me. They said he is a really nice guy...so I guess he is there often?

Of course, Papa Don't Preach was my first thought. Then "Do the Right Thing".

Also, he was much taller than I expected and slim.

My mother's family name is Aiello.

Did you ask him why Mookie threw that trashcan through his window?

He seems like a sweet guy...maybe that's why it was nice.

Willem DeFoe said hi to me in a deli awhile back. I felt like saying "we should hang out sometime", cuz you know the guy has to be super cool. I just said hello back though. Consequently, we don't hang out.