Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara

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.

Adriana Lima
Adriana Lima

I would like just one time to be on the cover of Italian Vogue.

Adriano Giannini
Adriano Giannini

My mother is not a CIA agent, but she's an Italian mother, and she'd do anything for her son.

Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody

I grew up in Queens in N.Y., and in parts of my neighbourhood, there were a lot of Italian Americans and a lot of people who were either affiliated with nefarious people or had seen so many movies that they were embodying that.

Adriano Zumbo
Adriano Zumbo

If I hosted a high tea at home it would be an Italian aperitivo-style high tea. I'd make little meatballs with lemon puree and mozzarella centres. Or maybe little schnitzel sliders with coleslaw.

Adriano Zumbo
Adriano Zumbo

Coming from an Italian family, my parents had supermarkets and they said I had to take over as any son should take over the family business - I copped a lot of flak when I said 'no.'

Aida Turturro
Aida Turturro

I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.

Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt

My favorite foods are anything Italian.

Al D'Amato
Al D'Amato

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

Al Pacino
Al Pacino

I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot onstage. On the other side of the pot was a little girl who had dark hair, and she and I were representing the Italians. And I thought: Is that what an Italian looked like?