Sal Mineo
Birthday: 10 January 1939, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: Salvatore Mineo Jr.
Height: 168 cm
Salvatore (Sal) Mineo Jr. was born to Josephine and Sal Sr. (a casket maker), who emigrated to the U.S. from Sicily. His siblings were Michael, Victor and Sarina. Sal was thrown out of parochial schoo ...Show More
[on his father's death] Being in the same room with him and looking at him, I realized that one day Show more
[on his father's death] Being in the same room with him and looking at him, I realized that one day I would be in the same position as he, facing death. Before it happens I mean to do the things I want to do. I will not end up saying, "I wish I had". Hide
No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Hardly anyone gets that opportunity. Which is Show more
No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Hardly anyone gets that opportunity. Which is why I think the stage is so good. It's less bread, but you can play different types, and you can initiate your own projects. Hide
[Explaining why he believed he lost an important role in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (which filmed in Show more
[Explaining why he believed he lost an important role in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (which filmed in Jordan), after completing work on Exodus (1960)] I lost because I had appeared in a pro-Jewish picture, played a sympathetic Jewish boy, and shot four Arabs. Hide
It's a situation I've never been able to fathom. One minute it seemed I had more movie offers than I Show more
It's a situation I've never been able to fathom. One minute it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle, the next--no one wanted me. Hide
It would be easy to blame Hollywood to say that I was typed and forced to play the same role over an Show more
It would be easy to blame Hollywood to say that I was typed and forced to play the same role over and over. For a while, I did. But the truth is that I knew what I was doing. I was enjoying myself. I was making money. I suppose that it had to stop. I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; I was trying to build a life for myself. Hide
[on James Dean] We never became lovers, but we could have -- like that.
[on James Dean] We never became lovers, but we could have -- like that.
If I'd understood back then that a guy could be in love with another one, it would have happened. Bu Show more
If I'd understood back then that a guy could be in love with another one, it would have happened. But I didn't come to that realization for a few more years and then it was too late for Jimmy [James Dean] and me. Hide
[1975] I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone.
[1975] I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone.
Sal Mineo's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (63)
Sal Mineo'S roles
Angel Obreg
Milo
John 'Plato' Crawford
