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Every lesson I learned as a kid was at the dinner table. Being Greek, Sicilian and Ruthenian - we are an emotional bunch. It is where we laughed, cried and yelled - but most importantly, where we bonded and connected.
I've always been able to cook Italian food. That's in my blood because I'm half Sicilian.
I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side.
As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?
Each of our collections is like a movie. We write the script, and this Sicilian woman who has traveled around the world plays the lead role.
I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so on.
In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.
I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not a great quality because if people held me to that standard, no one would be around me - ever.
You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap.
My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know about it. So her undying support of her kids went a long way in proving to us that we were on the right path.
