Diego Della Valle Quotes

We Italians are always criticising ourselves.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

The secret is that I am Italian.

I love Italian fashion - the sense of style that Italians have as part of their DNA. Nobody is like them.

I love being Italian.

It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual.

In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism.

Most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.

I understand that Italy could have been associated with the idea of an undisciplined country in the past.

I love Italy and I say I am from Italy wherever I go.

My parents could not be more Italian.

Italians have no sense of the dramatic.

Italy will never be a normal country. Because Italy is Italy. If we were a normal country, we wouldn't have Rome. We wouldn't have Florence. We wouldn't have the marvel that is Venice.

In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to be this, this, and this.

I come from a family of Catholic Italians, and that will always be in my blood.

My family is from the south of Italy in this little place called Calabria. It's a big part of my family, the Italian culture. I grew up around it. My parents speak Italian, and I speak Italian.

I never thought fashion was the job for me, because I'm Japanese. Clothes! That was a European, society thing.

I am proud of my Italian heritage, and nothing I have said should be interpreted as an attempt at minimizing its value.

Being partly Italian or, rather, having an Italian last name, I've always dreamed of really becoming partly Italian, of eating piles of mouthwatering fettuccine in the piazza, speaking a language that demands music over mumble, and yes, if I'm honest, perhaps dressing a little better.

I lived in Italy for quite a while and married an Italian woman. While there, I immersed myself in the complete culture: the music, art, literature, film, food, and history. It's easy to fall in love with. As a country, Italy does a good job of holding onto its rich traditions and culture. There's a real lack of embracing history in America.

I cherish my beautiful Italian heritage.

I'm from Italy, but when I'm in L.A., I dress a little bit rock and roll.

I jumped off a bridge in Italy, is that culturally insensitive? Is saying 'mamma mia' culturally insensitive?