13 Italian-American Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models. Abel Ferrara

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My husband is actually Italian-American, and he thought I was Italian when he first met me. Andrea Navedo

Me Thought Husband First Met He Italian Italian-American Actually

When I first came here, Italian food wasn't anything I recognized. I didn't know what Italian American food was; we never ate it at home. It was the food of immigrants who came here and made use of the ingredients they had. Lidia Bastianich

My family was blue collar, a middle-class kind of thing. My father was born in Detroit, Italian-American. My mother is English. She acted on the stage with Diana Dors. Her parents were French. Lorraine Bracco

The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it. Mario Batali

Food Passion Everything About Lore Italian Italian-American Endless Population

I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me. Martin Scorsese

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I grew up within Italian-American neighborhoods, everybody was coming into the house all the time, kids running around, that sort of stuff, so when I finally got into my own area, so to speak, to make films, I still carried on. Martin Scorsese

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I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast. Michael Imperioli

Me You Way Easy Easy Way Some Cast New Obviously Italian-American Get Roles York Just New York Gangster Actor Played

Whether you look at 'Glee' and its normalization of gay identity or you look at the work of Martin Scorsese and the Italian-American community, American culture is able to take these stories, which are seen as marginalized, and just turn them into American stories. And you don't think twice about it. Riz Ahmed

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I am a proud Italian American, raised by an Italian mother and Italian grandparents. Tim Ryan

Mother Proud Am Italian Italian-American American Grandparents Raised

I was possessed with a wonderful example of my Italian American family. They would come over and join us every Sunday, all my aunts and uncles and nephews and nieces, and I would sing for them. Tony Bennett

My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people in the world and nothing can really offend them. That's the way I think true Sicilians are. Vinny Guadagnino

Family People World Nothing Think Honestly Way Born True Open-Minded Most Real Italian-American Italians Offend Authentic Real Thing Them Really Nicest Nicest People Thing Sicily

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