Dominic Chianese

For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#because #better #brilliant #character #chase

I don't like the way Uncle Junior dresses. He loves it. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#i #junior #like #loves #uncle

I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#always #enjoyed #father #grandparents #i

I had to audition for the part of Jnior, and I wanted the role terribly because I knew it was a great character. This guy is a wonderful, funny, mean old guy. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#because #character #funny #great #great character

I think Pirandello had something to say to people about what truth really is. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#had #i #i think #people #really

I went on tour in the play H.M.S. Pinafore. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#play #tour #went

I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and had three children. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#brilliant #brooklyn #children #college #dark

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 that we have in the human breast to achieve something. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#always #don quixote #great #hope #human

My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#american #aria #believe #could #cuss

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#big influence #came #comedy #feel #had