Thaao Penghlis

Thaao: (on Leann Hunley who played Anna DiMera on "Days Of Our Lives") I always say nobody kisses like Leann! We liked each other so much. I think the fans could see that. I so missed her when she was gone.

Thaao: (on returning to "Days Of Our Lives" in 2007) When I heard Joe (Mascolo) was returning, I wanted to return as well. I had this character I loved, and then he was pulled out of his element (when I was last on the show). One writer made Tony crazy and off-balance, and he became someone I didn't recognise. I wanted to come back and give Tony and the audience some form of respect.

Thaao: My uncle traced our family back and it turned out that about three or four hundred years ago we were almost a princely family, so maybe all the arrogance I've displayed in the past isn't only a cover for insecurity. When I went to Athens and the clerk said, "Penghlis. Are you from the Penghlis family?" it was a tremendous pleasure. When I was a child, I used to ask my father, "Why is Grandma's nose so enormous?" He said it was because we came from such a high breed of Greek, and that my grandmother believed it so much she kept her head very high and her nose grew. She was naturally aristocratic. You'd never run into her arms; you'd greet her with a kiss on the cheek. You would never dare misbehave in front of her. By comparison, my mother is very down to earth with her grandchildren. She's a doer, and a tremendous giver.