Editing Danny DeVito (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:Danny-devito-yearbook-photo.jpg|thumb|left|upright|DeVito at Oratory Preparatory School in 1962.]]

DeVito was born at [[Jersey Shore University Medical Center|Raleigh Fitkin-Paul Morgan Memorial Hospital]] in [[Neptune Township, New Jersey|Neptune Township]], New Jersey, the son of Daniel DeVito Sr., a small business owner and Julia DeVito ({{nee}} Moccello).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mikle |first=Jean |title=Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito childhood homes: see where they grew up at the Shore |url=https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/people/2018/10/11/jack-nicholson-danny-devito-childhood-homes-see-where-they-grew-up-shore/1125105002/ |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=Asbury Park Press |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography - Yahoo! Movies |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/danny-devito/biography.html |work=movies.yahoo.com |access-date=February 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303083600/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/danny-devito/biography.html |archive-date=March 3, 2012 }}</ref> He grew up in a family of five, with his parents and two older sisters.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite web|title=Danny DeVito: 'It all worked out for me. Life is good'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/apr/15/danny-devito-interview-sunshine-boys|work=The Guardian|first=Barbara|last=Ellen|date=April 14, 2012}}</ref> He is of [[Italo-Albanian]] descent; his family is originally from [[San Fele]], [[Basilicata]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/29/tl.italian.getaway.devito/ |title=My favorite place: Danny DeVito |first=Dani |last=Shapiro |date=June 29, 2010 |work=CNN |access-date=May 31, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111000532/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-29/travel/tl.italian.getaway.devito_1_sea-view-rooms-restaurant |archive-date=November 11, 2010 }}</ref> as well as from the [[Arbëreshë people|Arbëresh]] Albanian community of [[Calabria]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Michael DeVito of Arbëresh descent born on November 17 |url=https://www.ocnal.com/2019/11/daniel-michael-devito-of-arberesh.html |access-date=December 20, 2022 |website=Oculus News |date=November 17, 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American actor Danny DeVito returns to his Albanian origins and shows how much he adored his grandmother's Georgian dialect |url=https://www.voxnews.al/english/lifestyle/aktori-amerikan-danny-devito-i-kthehet-origjines-shqiptare-dhe-tregon--i27772 |access-date=December 20, 2022 |website=Vox News}}</ref> He was raised in [[Asbury Park, New Jersey]]. He lived a few miles away from the original [[Jersey Mike's]] location and would eat there frequently, which would  inspire him to become the sub shop's first celebrity spokesman in a line of commercials that began to air in September 2022.<ref>Shaw, David.[http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,8,00.html "DeVito! Although He Has a Penchant for Dark Comedies, Actor-Director Danny DeVito Is Serious About His Craft, His Family and His Cigars"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404023422/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,8,00.html |date=April 4, 2007 }}, ''[[Cigar Aficionado]]'' profile, accessed May 2, 2007. "Danny DeVito was born in 1944 in the shore town of Neptune, New Jersey—hence the name of his production company—and raised in neighboring Asbury Park, the youngest of five children (two of whom died before he was born)."</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketingdive.com/news/campaign-trail-jersey-mikes-subs-danny-devito-authenticity/632849/|title=Campaign Trail: Jersey Mike's Subs serves up authenticity with Danny DeVito|website=Marketing Dive}}</ref>

DeVito was raised as a Catholic. When he was 14, he persuaded his father to send him to boarding school to "keep him out of trouble",<ref name="Guardian" /> and graduated from [[Oratory Preparatory School]] in [[Summit, New Jersey]], in 1962. While working as a beautician at his sister's salon, his search for a professional makeup instructor led him to the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]],<ref>{{Citation|title=Danny DeVito on how beauty school led him to acting - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9J7SjQwq9E| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/n9J7SjQwq9E| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=March 26, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> where he graduated in 1966. In his early theater days, he performed with the Colonnades Theater Lab at the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]] in [[Waterford, Connecticut]]. Along with his future wife [[Rhea Perlman]], he appeared in plays produced by the [[Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective]].