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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

Topics: Again American Believe Could Cuss Father Gemini He Italian Make Out Stuff Then Watch Who Wonderful I Believe I Believe In

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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

Topics: Based Because Better Brilliant Character Chase Could David Gotten Intimacy Junior Part Than Think Tv Uncle Writing

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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

Topics: Audition Because Character Funny Great Guy Had Knew Mean Old Old Guy Part Role Terribly Wanted Wonderful

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Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor has been preparing for something like this.

~Dominic Chianese

Topics: Actor Been Criminal Him Junior Life Like Makes People Preparing Something Uncle Villain Want Watch Which Whole

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The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic.

~Dominic Chianese

Topics: Anger Background Both Explosive Father Fire Funny Immigrant Italian Junior Seen Sometimes Son Temperament Tragic Uncle Ways

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They would wake me up when I was sleeping, and say sing a song for our friends. I had a sweet voice, I had a nice little tenor voice. God knows what I sang, but my whole family would admire me.

~Dominic Chianese

Topics: Admire Family Friends God Had Knows Little Me Nice Our Sang Say Sing Sleeping Song Sweet Tenor Up Voice Wake Whole Would

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

~Dominic Chianese

Topics: Play Tour

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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. I had two annulments by the time I was 23.

~Dominic Chianese

Topics: After Become By The Time Family Family Man Girl Got Had Immediate Italian Man Married Months Out Resulted Then Time Tried Two Which Work Work Out I Tried

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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

Topics: Beautiful Brilliant Brooklyn Children College Dark Dark Hair Exotic Girl Got Had Hair Jewish Looking Married Met Named Three

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When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing.

~Dominic Chianese

Topics: Around Bronx Doing Go Knees Learned Old Really Shake Singer Singing Started Trying Used Would Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: February 24th, 1931

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