Danny DeVito feared he ruined 'Taxi' audition after making rude remark

Danny DeVito won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of cantankerous cab dispatcher Louie De Palma connected "Taxi," but it mightiness not person happened aft helium took a large hazard successful his audition. 

"You audition each the time. I ne'er looked astatine the log enactment [when auditioning for a role] like: ‘Audition for male, six ft four,' you know, ‘250 pounds,’ I’d spell for the audition," the 80-year-old told AARP this period of his aspiring histrion days. "I don’t attraction what the statement is. Once I get successful the room, I’m going to bash what I’m going to do. Like with ‘Taxi.’" 

DeVito said that contempt wanting to onshore the portion of the diminutive bully brag connected the 1978-1983 sitcom, "I walked in, they’re each sitting around, and I said with my publication successful my hand, 'One happening I privation to cognize earlier we start: Who wrote this s---?’ and I threw it connected the table."

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Danny DeVito successful a country with Judd Hirsch connected "Taxi." (CBS via Getty Images)

"I walked in, they’re each sitting around, and I said with my publication successful my hand, 'One happening I privation to cognize earlier we start: Who wrote this s---?’ and I threw it connected the table."

He continued, "It was astir similar a nanosecond of ‘Did I screw everything up?’ They fell connected the floor. Louie walked into their lives. The remainder is history." 

"Taxi" was DeVito’s breakthrough role, for which helium won a Golden Globe successful 1980 for champion supporting histrion and an Emmy successful 1981. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for the portion 3 times, and his portrayal earned him 4 full Emmy nominations. 

The portion yet led to movie stardom successful films similar "Ruthless People," "Twins," "Batman Returns," "Get Shorty" and "Matilda."

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Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman airs with their 2 daughters and son. (Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images)

He besides starred connected the FX drama "It’s Always Sunny successful Philadelphia" from 2007 to 2023. 

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Danny DeVito played Louie De Palma connected "Taxi." (CBS via Getty Images)

DeVito, present 80, continues to work, but says household is simply a apical precedence for him.

"In 2 years, my daughters person had a babe each and since these babies person been calved you’ve got to tamper maine down successful the joyousness department, I’m conscionable similar busting," helium told AARP. "There’s that saying ‘A watched cookware ne'er boils,’ truthful I use that to my kids … I’ll look astatine them each the time, due to the fact that I don’t privation them to boil, I privation them to instrumentality their clip and grow. I archer my kids that, too. Don’t miss a thing. Don’t look distant due to the fact that erstwhile you look backmost that kid’s going to beryllium hula-hooping." 

Rhea Perlman played Danny DeVito's woman connected "Taxi." (Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Bank)

DeVito shares 2 daughters, Lucy, 41, and Grace, 39, and 1 son, Jacob, 37, with "Cheers" prima Rhea Perlman. The couple, present separated, archetypal met successful 1971. Perlman had a recurring relation arsenic DeVito’s woman connected "Taxi," and the brace besides starred successful "Matilda" together. 

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Most recently, DeVito worked with his girl Lucy successful the movie "A Sudden Case of Christmas." 

"It was fundamentally a communicative that your full household tin ticker and my family's successful it," helium told AARP. "It's conscionable a existent lukewarm fantastic movie."