--- title: "4 Italian Quotes By Dominic Chianese" description: "4 Italian quotes by Dominic Chianese. Plus more from Dominic Chianese and more Italian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/dominic-chianese-30595_annulment_i-tried-to-become-a-family-man-i-got-mar_143435.jpg" --- > [I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-tried-to-become-a-family-man-i-got-married-but-it-didn-t-work-out/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/dominic-chianese-30595_annulment_i-tried-to-become-a-family-man-i-got-mar_143435.jpg) > [My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/my-father-was-an-american-who-could-cuss-in-italian-and-make-an-aria/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/dominic-chianese-30595_aria_my-father-was-an-american-who-could-cuss_1065862.jpg) > [I had no idea what they were saying in Italian as a child, they spoke too quickly on the radio. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-had-no-idea-what-they-were-saying-in-italian-as-a-child-they-spoke/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/dominic-chianese-30595_children_i-had-no-idea-what-they-were-saying-in-i_2883553.jpg) > [The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/the-anger-that-uncle-junior-has-comes-from-my-background-my-father/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb2/dominic-chianese-30595_anger_the-anger-that-uncle-junior-has-comes-fr_3013888.jpg) ## Other authors on Italian - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexis-arquette-11174.jpg) William C. Brown 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/william-c-brown/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lidia-bastianich-60192.jpg) Lidia Bastianich 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/lidia-bastianich/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-benito-mussolini-17095.jpg) Benito Mussolini 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/benito-mussolini/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-gino-d-acampo-5671.jpg) Gino D'Acampo 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/gino-d-acampo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-riccardo-tisci-78355.jpg) Riccardo Tisci 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/riccardo-tisci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mario-batali-63922.jpg) Mario Batali 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/mario-batali/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-beverly-pepper-17649.jpg) Diego Della Valle 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/diego-della-valle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-pacino-10179.jpg) Al Pacino 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/al-pacino/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-monica-bellucci-68996.jpg) Monica Bellucci 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/monica-bellucci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-scorsese-64785.jpg) Martin Scorsese 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/martin-scorsese/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lapo-elkann-58538.jpg) Lapo Elkann 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/lapo-elkann/) ## More by Dominic Chianese > [I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-tried-to-become-a-family-man-i-got-married-but-it-didn-t-work-out/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [They would wake me up when I was sleeping, and say sing a song for our friends. I had a sweet voice, I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/they-would-wake-me-up-when-i-was-sleeping-and-say-sing-a-song-for-our/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [I don't like the way Uncle Junior dresses. He loves it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-don-t-like-the-way-uncle-junior-dresses-he-loves-it/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [I had to audition for the part of Jnior, and I wanted the role terribly because I knew it was a great character. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-had-to-audition-for-the-part-of-jnior-and-i-wanted-the-role/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/my-father-was-an-american-who-could-cuss-in-italian-and-make-an-aria/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/the-radio-was-my-big-influence-comedy-came-from-the-instinctual-feel/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [I think Pirandello had something to say to people about what truth really is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-think-pirandello-had-something-to-say-to-people-about-what-truth/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [Im the kind of guy, when the marriage is breaking up, who doesnt want to yell in front of the kids. So I left,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/im-the-kind-of-guy-when-the-marriage-is-breaking-up-who-doesnt-want/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [I've always wanted to play Don Quixote in some way. It's a great role. I think the idealism of the man shows that hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-ve-always-wanted-to-play-don-quixote-in-some-way-it-s-a-great-role/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-went-to-brooklyn-college-and-met-this-beautiful-jewish-girl-named/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [I went on tour in the play H.M.S. Pinafore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-went-on-tour-in-the-play-h-m-s-pinafore/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/uncle-junior-is-a-criminal-which-makes-him-a-villain-so-it-makes/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-enjoyed-my-grandparents-very-much-my-mother-and-father-would-always/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/when-i-started-really-singing-i-was-17-18-years-old-i-used-to-go/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) > [I had no idea what they were saying in Italian as a child, they spoke too quickly on the radio. But I realized that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominic-chianese/i-had-no-idea-what-they-were-saying-in-italian-as-a-child-they-spoke/) [Dominic Chianese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominic-chianese/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/dominic-chianese/#itemlist", "name": "4 Italian Quotes By Dominic Chianese", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married an Italian girl, which resulted in an immediate annulment. 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