Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.
In an Italian household, there were two figures for me growing up - you had the Pope and you had Frank Sinatra, and, of course, Tony Bennett. And not necessarily in that order.
I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.
Everybody I play probably has some Italian in them.
I am a proud Italian American, raised by an Italian mother and Italian grandparents.
My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci.
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 passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.
I'm very proud of the Italian heritage of my great-grandparents, who came here from Italy, and how they helped be a part of the American Dream, and that's something we want to continue to make available to everybody who wants to come here.
