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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about.

— Bob Colacello

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.

— Mario Balotelli

I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

— Kirk Douglas

The Italian culture and values have significantly shaped who I am, and I would never intentionally demean or degrade the very culture that has been so integral to my life.

— Tim Ryan

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

My parents could not be more Italian.

— Edoardo Ponti

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.

— Alan Wilson

I know from the stories of my grandparents and great-grandparents the real struggles and discrimination that Italian Americans faced when they first immigrated to America.

— Tim Ryan

✗Opposing Perspectives

My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans.

— Susan Lucci

I'm a first generation American. My mother is Italian and Russian and a lot of other things, and my father is Uruguayan. In fact, my mother's been married twice, and both men were Uruguayan. So I grew up in a very European/Latin American-influenced home.

— Sebastian Arcelus

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.

— Francis Ford Coppola