- His last name is pronounced Fran-SAY-See.
- Daniel is good friends with his Mean Girls co-star, Lizzy Caplan.
- Daniel's father, Ralph was a lounge singer.
- Daniel landed his first commercial at the age of 11.
- Daniel is to to appear in: Kill Theory, Foodfight!, The Missing Person, and H2O Extreme in the year 2008.
- His grandmother's name is Josephine.
- Daniel's grandmother, Josephine "Nana" DiCarlo, appears in Hometown Legend, Bully, Stateside and is mentioned in Bar Starz and Mean Girls.
- Daniel shares his birthday with many celebrities such as: Rosario Dawson, Candice Bergen and Billy Joel.
- His mother once worked as a cafeteria lady.
- Daniel loves reality TV shows.
- He sees himself with children someday.
- Daniel is Christian.
- Daniel considers his role model to be his mom, Denise.
- He was discovered at a local Ft. Lauderdale club and received a role which became his first big breakthrough.
- He moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida when he was 9 years old.
- Daniel enjoys the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
- Daniel grew up with his parents Ralph and Denise along with his two younger siblings.
- Besides acting, Daniel is an award-winning amateur Boxing champion.
- He is Italian.
- Daniel earned a Carbonell nomination for his supporting performance in a musical, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.
- His sister is a firefighter.
- Daniel appeared in commercials at the start of age 11.
- His favorite musicians are Eminem and 50 Cent.
- He idolizes Phillip Seymore Hoffman, Gary Sinise and Joe Manti.
- He attended Piper High School.
- He is 6'3" tall.
- He has two younger siblings, a brother Christopher and a sister Diana.
- His favorite movie is Serial Mom.
- (On his Mean Girls co-stars)
Daniel: I had alot of fun with Tina (Fey) and with Amy Poeler as well. We made each other laugh a lot and they are great people.
- (On portraying a hollywood legend)
Daniel: I would love to play Jackie Gleason one day. He had a huge part in making me want to be an actor. The way he made my dad laugh. I was like, "I want to do that!."
- Daniel: Oh man, I hate auditioning! I am the kind of actor that loves to research and get into the role as closely as possible. I just don't think auditions give you that right amount of time. I do pray before every audition. I find that to help.
- Daniel: You either like me or you don't. It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don't have that kinda time to convince somebody else.
- Daniel: When it comes to celebrity, anyone who would make me star struck is already dead.
