The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language. Dominic Chianese Next Quote I went on tour in the play H.M.S. Pinafore. - Dominic Chianese Previous Quote 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