Al once took an acting class with Penny Marshall. Through that contact, Al met Penny's brother, Producer Garry Marshall, who cast him in The Odd Couple.
Al Molinaro: (on show business) I spent twenty years [in Hollywood] before I got anything going, and from that I got lucky. It takes a lot of luck in show business too. You've just got to be lucky and in the right place at the right time.
Al Molinaro: (about his hometown, Kenosha, Wisconsin) I love that town; I love it. If it wasn't that I left it for show business, I'd still be there today.