Italian Men - Are They Loyal? I Dating Unfiltered

[@B-rice28]

They really express their emotions through hand gestures hahaa i love it

[@victorcretu7741]

And that is how you recognize an Italian in Canada.😀

[@KittySnicker]

I love how those two guys judge women for sleeping with them too early but then say Italian women aren’t as good at sex as other women. Maybe if you didn’t stigmatize sex so much, Italian women would be better at it!

[@ortros1]

I think that's actually a good thing (that they aren't so experienced) since they can connect with you better (and therefore create a bond that can last for a lifetime - like a marriage should be). Also they know the rules of the "game": the more they value themselves, the more they are valued by everyone else.

[@antonelladerosa7866]

Judgment comes natural...it's part of the culture. Unfortunately if you're a man and sleep with multiple girls then you're cool, popular. If you're a girl better not bring you home as a friend lol hopefully it's changing these days 😌

[@Arsh.i.i.i.n]

I hate this "if you sleep early with someone you're not valuing yourself" mindset. What does that even mean???????? You'll do it eventually where's the line of "value" here???? Just to be clear I'm sooo scared of being judged negatively I avoid sexual contact way too long it can hurt the relationship and THAT'S why I hate this mindset you're romanticizing. It's painfull to think this way and it's sick and it hurts your relationships. I'm realizing this now that i study about the impact of culture on a person's "logic" but a person who doesn't know how random conventional visdom is would be judging themselves if they like to approach sex early. they won't think "maybe this is just a stupid harmful ideology" they'll think there's something wrong with THEM! SO PLEASEEEE stop spreading such ideas so irresponsibly. Some of us can't afford therapy to fix these issues and have to ruin way too many relationships to understand that some conventional visdom can be very wrong. That is if we EVER realize it @ortros1

[@giuseppemaggio5894]

@@ortros1 Exactly and as a 26 year old Italian who has been to 21 different countries, I gotta admit that unfortunately our society got BADLY influenced by the American one so now this toxic culture of girl power who is convincing thousands and thousands that sleeping around has no consequences has arrived here as well and I am already seeing the results on our women.

[@giuseppemaggio5894]

@@Arsh.i.i.i.n I am sorry but it's a mindset with very valid roots and reasonings. We live in a universe that is based on an action-reaciont mechanism: every choice and action has consequences, so does sex. People with 5+ sexual partners only have a 20% chance of a happy long-marriage. People who sleep around literally lose their ability to connect on a deep level with someone and they will unavoidably and consciously or unconsciously compare their current partner with old ones, pretending that they have all the good traits of their past partners (which is just not possible!). Unfortunately today's hypersexualized society is trying in every possible way to convince people that sex has no consequences

[@JJ-gw9vs]

I do think they are right about American dating though, Americans move fast and do date multiple people at a time and they also treat the date like an interview. Don't even get me started about online dating 😒

[@msdhonifanpage3317]

Agree with you Jamie ..were do you from ?

[@gi1937]

As an Italian I think this video is a bit too stereotypical. This is only my own opinion of course. But I think that what happens more often than not, is that Italians interiorize the other's gaze and end up reinforcing mere stereotypes, both from the point of view of race and gender. What I would suggest to all the people watching, is to take these videos as mere entertainment and NOT JUMP INTO CONCLUSIONS.

[@creepyfluffycat7284]

Verissimo. Oltretutto questi ragazzi avranno 30 o 40 anni e parlano come degli italoamericani di quarta generazione che hanno vissuto l'Italia con le orecchie e gli occhi dei bisnonni. Ho trovato alcune risposte ed atteggiamenti deludenti.

[@gi1937]

@@creepyfluffycat7284 eh era tutto uno stereotipo su stereotipo. Non mi sono sentita per niente rappresentata, ma sono felice di non essere l'unica almeno

[@io100x100]

As an italian I thought the same 🤦 possessiveness, jealousy, mom lovers, Casanovas, cheaters... Are they proud of these adjectives? I would run away from someone like this

[@gi1937]

@@io100x100 plus, the misogyny? Neither italian man nor women are THAT misogynistic. I'm very concerned about how they pictured us...

[@stefanadolfspies]

i was waiting for them to throw wooden spoons while cooking tomato sauce and going mamma mia!

[@MrDigitalman78]

Italian people are family oriented the mother is always in their lives so when they date Italian or not you need the families approval. Also the emotional hand gestures are a common thing over there. Molto bene Marina!

[@giorgio4571]

What a bullshit you just wrote. I am italian, my parents never knew and will never know who i date. They don't even care.

[@johngonzalez4298]

I first went to Italy 🇮🇹 and Citta del Vaticano 🇻🇦 back in 2009 and went back the same year a couple of months later. It was amazing how beautiful the country is and the people were friendly. I was able to visit Bergamo, Milano, Firenze, Roma, and Sirmione. Antonella is gorgeous 😍 and she seems to have a wonderful personality

[@homegirl5763]

I also went in 2009 and went back in March 2010. I get what they are saying though, my experience relates to it, at least

[@BlueHayterade]

The Italians did not disappoint in their sheer Italian-ness. 🤌

[@anamcpalma7903]

Ahhh gli italiani sono tipiche conquistatori da sangue caldo nelle vene! 🤌🏼 Devi accettarli come sono i capirli nella loro coltura! Amo la loro passione, l’entusiasmo ❤ (assomigliano tantissimo ai portoghesi)🤩🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@Ares666]

Antonella is ridiculously attractive and love her personality as well

[@antonelladerosa7866]

Grazie Felipe ;)

[@GhostSal]

100% agree! She is from Palermo and so is my family, which makes her even more perfect!

[@GhostSal]

@@antonelladerosa7866 Da un vecchio a una giovane dolce signora, sei mozzafiato e adorabile. Ti auguro il meglio nella vita e che trovi qualcuno che ti renda veramente felice!

[@kabodra]

@@antonelladerosa7866 Antonella you seem like a person who would try to avoid Italians when you are abroad, yet you are also very very Italian yourself😂

[@antonelladerosa7866]

@@kabodra lol you nailed it, thanks for sharing. I kinda avoided them in the first years, mostly for the language-I really wanted to learn English and be surrounded by different backgrounds. I'm glad I did as I've learned a lot especially about our own culture (surprising) and myself. As they say never forget where you come from and I will certainly never do. 😉💚🤍❤

[@user23789hj]

The girls are so expressive that answer for the guys too ahahha

[@lesgibson969]

dude this channel should really solve the poor sound quality

[@gomes2151]

Marina should use boom mic.

[@luabak1]

Prima Donna!

[@ravenashc3425]

Agree

[@GhostSal]

Sound quality? You have the play by play in Italian hand gestures, that’s a language in itself.

[@anandadaquino3604]

Antonella is the Italian Sofia Vergara! 😂❤️

[@antonelladerosa7866]

Lol first time I hear it. Thank you @anada :)

[@Limpi43]

No, Antonella looks better.

[@waNErBOY]

nah, italians and latinos are just really alike

[@LinoTVOfficial]

Yessss

[@Prof.S.Martass]

Italians did not dissapoint in all talking at the same time 😅

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Oh stop it, I've watched other nationalities, they all do it.

[@DezRosswess]

From travelling round tuscany could see the importance of family life to them (which is good) and for the women if they liked you they had no problem coming forward and letting you know.

[@FFEMTCrowe]

Ive watched nearly all your videos Marina. Its convinced me to start dating hopefully getting into a relationship with a woman from another culture. They just seem to have so much more to offer. Plus im old fashioned and they would probably appreciate that a lot more.

[@amiquigonzales7917]

They would DEFINITELY appreciate your old-fashion because for many cultures the man, if he behaves like a gentleman, has everything on his side. Especially Catholic Mediterranean cultures.

[@ortros1]

I'm also on the "conservative" side. It's good to see that our breed hasn't died completely.

[@irvinetustin]

I wish a follow up question of "Who is better at sex Italians or North Americans?" I wish they had also asked "Who makes a better spouse Italians or North Americans?" because the people in the video may have given somewhat different answers.

[@michelleg7]

Define North Americans because its not just Canadians and Americans, you have Mexicans, Central Americans and the Carribean oh and Greenland. Latinos are very passionate similar to italians in the way that women do not like to share, they can play hard to get and also expressive with the hands. Some Latin men are man whores though and they will approach a girl if they like them but dating them can be rough.

[@Alex_Varriale]

As a half Italian (my father is from Naples), I notice Italians temp to be balls to the wall passionate at times and I love it.

[@sahandd12]

As Kurd I wanna say , Italians are My favorite cuz we are sooooooo look a like.

[@Goldenskies__]

❤

[@chrystianaw8256]

This was so fun to watch!

[@mrh4900]

Best lover that I’ve ever had was a Greek girl… Greeks are a passionate people 👀

[@MuitoQBem]

Everything girls said, is true to most males of my mom's side of family. They're italian's grandchildren.

[@theshark008]

Antonella has such beautiful eyes!

[@ilhuicatlamatini]

LOL! Ok so now I know it’d never work between me and an Italian guy. I swear when I feel like it, can’t stand possessive jealousy/controlling behavior, and no way would I ever put up with “playboy” that isn’t loyal 😬. But this was still really interesting to watch, it’s definitely different culturally from my dating pov!

[@rarararatratrat697]

just how stupid can a person be to classify an entire nation based on a childish stupid video based on stupid stereotypes? my god human stupidity....

[@io100x100]

I'm italian and if I listened to this video I'm going to stay single for ever 😅 I don't think anyone would ever want someone like that (because it's not healthy), a lot of the things they said sounded like stereotypes to me

[@gabrielemangialavori8732]

do not take them as definitive things, they are generalizing.

[@iversion2410]

@@ilhuicatlamatini They complain a lot about women and this doesn't smell clean . Maybe they just attract the worse and...yes...jealousy,possessive and manipulative behaviour is really present..but I think that in the end this is a global problem..Anyway ..take care and be careful 🤷😉

[@CineShinya]

Ahaha I am Greek and I am scared XD This possessiveness is something that here we try to fight against to because it never ends well...this past year we had more killings thank usual coming out of it and that shook us. (Apparently not enough though, considering the song we sent to Eurovision, what on earth? no one paid attention to the lyrics?) About the flirtiness of the Italian men, it's so true! When my friend and I went to Italy they would just jump in front of my yelling Ciao bella! and at some point a random guy just kissed my friend in the cheek and disappeared while we were walking in a crowded bridge.

[@Alexs.2599]

Very disturbing but I'm a Greek man and I'm not like that at all. I do think Greek boys just like Italian boys need to be raised differently by their mothers and fathers.

[@GustavoFerreira-rl8oo]

Greece it's like Italy at the dating scene or it's far from it?

[@Alexs.2599]

@@GustavoFerreira-rl8oo Similar.

[@CineShinya]

@@Alexs.2599 I fully agree. Most of the Greek boys are not like that and try maybe too hard to support women sometimes. It just happened to have some really disturbing incidents lately. But this is the exception I would like to believe. I don't think greek guys are as possessive as Italians. "My man"/ "my woman" felt like a non healthy mentality to me. In Greece of course there are people like that I guess but we do have the mentality of "I am my own person and nobody owns me". We even have sayings to express that. So, at least the newer generations don't like this possessiveness and ownship.

[@CineShinya]

@@GustavoFerreira-rl8oo Actually the dating as it's described is very similar. We hang out for coffee and maybe some food later and it's open and as also happens in friendship, if you enjoy the company the time does not matter, you can spend the whole night together just hanging out. And of course if you kiss it means you are together now, so in addition to N.Americans, you don't just "trying out people until you choose which one will be exclusive".

[@gmstjs]

I am in love with all of them.

[@lisapagliari9232]

No, I am in Italy and it's not always clear when they are into me. Usually a male friend has to point it out to me.

[@fvkijay]

As someone with an Italian background, the culture is actually very strongly influenced by religious and political movements (Christianity, Nationalism/Fascism, etc)

[@Daniela-wg9nz]

Maybe 30 years ago.

[@gi1937]

Wtf it's not true...

[@lev1anus]

Right only about this Christianity

[@michelleg7]

Be honest guys, if you want to go out with your guys friends just say so that isn't hard. I as a Mexican woman do not like sharing either that is an honest truth. I think flirting with other girls is incredibly disrespectful to your partner, just don't do it. I have zero problem with guys wanting to go hang out with their guy friends just be responsible and don't come home falling down drunk.

[@lukeyea]

As an Italian grown up in Australia, I can say that the stereotype is definitely real here even in Australia. And it seems to be most people prefer to be friends with the Italians instead of in a serious relationship with them, only because of the stereotype influence that goes around the whole world about the Italians, which really makes it hard for the good Italian people who want a serious relationship. 😢

[@daiariaz]

Saw my fair share of hand gesturing in this video to last a lifetime 🤌

[@l.g.3832]

What cracks me every time is that everyone sware italian men are supposed cheaters while official datas say 76% of the time is the avarage italian woman the cheater of the couple and is also reported that italian men are one the most monogamy oriented men in the whole europe along with greeks. Italian men play games BEFORE settling up but once they do, they are loyal indeed. Can't say the same for majoriy of italian women tho... Stereotypes can be measliding sometimes you know...

[@edithputhy4948]

"official datas" yeah sure, not buying that

[@raghavagrawal14]

Antonella is so gorgeous omg 😍😍😍😍

[@antonelladerosa7866]

Grazie :)

[@guidocorradi6258]

For the first time while watcihing this video i payed attention about the hand gesture thing. I saw some other videos before of this wonderful yt channell and i got used to people not using hand gestures. Than i got into this video , and seeing all that hand movement was hilarious . For as along as five 5 seconds it was hilarious and unexpected. Than i just got back in italian skin and didnt pay attention anymore lol it's such a powerful way of communicating :3

[@julesfalcone]

1:20 "our problem is we're too nice."

[@davidcastro218]

ahaha Non so se si siano calati troppo nella parte dell'italiano stereotipato, però certe idee retrograde io le ho sentite solo dai nonnetti al bar 🤣

[@gi1937]

Concordo al 100%

[@anandadaquino3604]

I just love these people ♥️

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

Antonella,, my Grandmother is from Salerno. my Grandfather Naples. they met here in the US and got married she was 18, he was 22 i think. She brought all the traditions of Campania region here,, im third generation. I was raised Very Strict,, a Daddy's girl, but you Never displease your Papa,, i love my culture. i grew up in a Italian neighborhood here in the US,,, all the things from the video are true. A good Italian man is a gem. I love the morals Italians keep. we are very Southern italian. I don't understand cream in sauce. But FOOD is Everything,,, Fresh, Tasty, beautiful food. kiss, kiss on the cheek to you,,,, Italians are a Beautiful Culture,,, Gorgeous Music, Arts, all of it Ciao dear sister.

[@danieleiobbi3591]

Mamma mia che pesantezza Antonella. Tutti i ragazzi che sono andati a vivere all'estero sono finiti per sposarsi con una non Italiana. Io due domande me le farei...

[@antonelladerosa7866]

Fantastico grazie per il commento. Troppa legerezza sta per cambiare il mondo, ben venga che si sposino altre culture io la mia sono fiera di tramandarla cosi con tutta la pesantezza e religione ;)

[@davehorror6632]

Se vivi all estero è chiaro che avrai maggiori probabilità di innamorarti di una persona straniera, tu devi essere il genio di famiglia.

[@Spring_Moon_7501]

@@davehorror6632 effettivamente😂😂😂

[@gomes2151]

Antonella, I'm loyal! And I love pasta...

[@adrianadrian3510]

Italian women are awesome. I hope i can meet some of them, or maybe have a relationship with them. 🖤💙🖤💙

[@ItsSimplyAless]

Aw that’s sweet Adrian, thank you 🇮🇹

[@adrianadrian3510]

@@ItsSimplyAless You're welcome. Love from Indonesia

[@sonh788]

Hand movements level: Italians

[@Answersonapostcard]

I would have a headache after spending time with someone being too “expressive” lol

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

Italiano dudes are really funny

[@reginapolo3357]

"No....but I hope she doesn't get salad"....😅😅😅😅😅 Yeap, my man is Italian and I must "mangia!"

[@crownconcierge3623]

1minute and I got a headache because they not respect each other talking at once all of them where is a culture of comunication

[@sudiptokumar986]

Joey s are here ❤️❤️❤️

[@muratsahin2246]

if they spoke italian (english subtitle) I think the video would be amazing. English limited them, I think they could not express themselves fully.

[@sudiptokumar986]

That Italia women is really expressive 😜😜😜😜

[@ToxiCisty]

Sicilians just historically saw too many different peoples, something like instagram in the ancient Roman times. Those Greeks though, actually Normans seem nice.

[@staceym4469]

I love Italian men 😊

[@korneliachmielewska1394]

I dont know what it is but I dont 'like' Italian man (intrest way). Ive been to Italy twice, and live in london so I do meet italians. I dont know what it is exactly yet im trying to work it out but I dont find them attractive at all and its not the looks more the vibe. I dont get any vibe... the girls are cool but the guys ...... I thing its just as soon as someone says " im Italian" you ment to be attracted? Not getting anything from them. I dont know why all the girls get excited?

[@ortros1]

Is it maybe cause You are a Slav and Slavic men (usually) have that manly vibe? 😉

[@korneliachmielewska1394]

@@ortros1 probably😄, our man are great I must say. True gents and treat relationships serious.

[@ortros1]

Yeah, and WE like the "grind". How do they say? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger? However, greetings from Slovenia. Stay beautiful (on all sides).

[@emamiaba1234]

Actually they are not loyal I see this is true even they are married they probably lie saying i am not marred /no GF I see on my own eyes twice this video is true also I am proud to see this video am not from italya.

[@antoniotorcoli5740]

​​​@@korneliachmielewska1394Poles are fine people. Russian men are not gentlemen at all. They cheat a lot , they drink a lot and some of them are even violent.At least from what my ex russian wife was saying. Now I am happily married with a polish lady. She used to say she will never date an Italian, probably for the same reasons you do not like Italians, which I perfectly understand. But in reality, Italians share with Poles some core values: they are both hard workers, family oriented and know how to enjoy life.

[@GiaGDixon]

They be using their hands when talking

[@valeriozoncheddu1033]

Can you make a video on how to date a Belgian woman, please

[@Meyouletsgo]

I heard Italian girls are the toughest ! To get ! Or sleep with among other Europeans

[@Goldenskies__]

*used to be the hardest... nowadays It's different.

[@vicleep]

I lived in Italy and it would be hard for me to date an Italian girl, I live in London right now and you ser loads of Italian guys dating out of their culture so this explains some things on how difficult their women could be

[@ginger942]

Dovresti provare in prima persona per giudicare, non sono quelli k motivi per cui non frequentano donne italiane.

[@davehorror6632]

@@ginger942 e quali sarebbero i reali motivi, sentiamo che sono curioso

[@ItsSimplyAless]

Why? Perche?

[@amiquigonzales7917]

@@davehorror6632 Could be because they are hard to get, and they will probably refuse sex in early stages of the relationship.

[@AnabethalightASMR]

“Difficult” 😂 males misuse this word when they meet a woman who doesn’t settle for the bare minimum (eg a guy who calls a woman an Uber at night, dresses well, offers emotional availability, asks his date questions…)

[@sahandd12]

I need some Italian Friends

[@sakeebkamal3472]

One must admit that Italian and Brazilian men are the best 👌

[@sakeebkamal3472]

@@katharinabeck1892 confident off course! Are you Brazilian? Brazilian girls are the best in the world!!!😍

[@priscillad8]

Many Brazilians are of Italian origin

[@francescos7361]

Ok thanks

[@CarsandBikes]

O watched the video for the italian sign language

[@fabio8726]

Mi piacerebbe sapere con chi un uomo tradisce la moglie/fidanzata/compagna... parlando di un etero naturalmente? Senza contare che le mogli diventeranno loro stesse prima madri e poi suocere

[@aboutallaroundtheworld9994]

Tell us about how to date ethiopian girl

[@markbigelow2608]

I am so glad i gave up sex. Too much of a hassle.

[@GhostSal]

Gave up? Sometimes for us guys, there is little choice. Whereas women always have a choice.

[@PinaColada819]

Antonella let him finish, you're being dramatic? WTF?

[@paolovalentini8017]

An Italian woman approaches a man only if he is rich and has a cute face and arms tattoo otherwise never expect anything from them. I am from Italy and I agree not even on the half of what they say in this video

[@Daniela-wg9nz]

È un italiano approccia una donna solo se è bella, conta solo l'apparenza.

[@paolovalentini8017]

@@Daniela-wg9nz ovunque conta l'apparenza!

[@GhostSal]

In westèrn countríes today, that is very common. Wømen are only going for the best lookíng guyś and sharíng them in the høpes of being the one that gets hím. If you’re an averàge lookíng guÿ, yøu are consídered only after shè is in hèr mid 30s and up. If you are uglÿ, it’s gàme øver unless you are rích.

[@HappyLittleSoulProd]

Arm tattoos😭😭😭😭 d’accordo.

[@AnabethalightASMR]

@@GhostSal men only go after good looking women why should women not go after guys they are attracted to…? 😂

[@Mithroun]

press 8 for the answer

[@MrayaRocks]

I'd love to see a LGBTQIAP+ series in this channel, most of rules/habits in dating are related to heteronormativity and I'm curious to know how it's like for queer people in other countries. All we see in the news are tragedies. It would be great to know those little fun debates and day-to-day quirks in this light approach 😊

[@JG-ms5kh]

Nobody cares about Lgbt..

[@MissMiaLisette]

LOVE this suggestion

[@TheMikiros]

This is true...or also explore interracial dating in Italy/Europe as well cos POC have different experiences with dating in Italy/Europe.

[@MissMiaLisette]

@@TheMikiros THIS

[@AnabethalightASMR]

Yes!!!

[@davidluza843]

Everyone speak with their hands 😂

[@user-um7hx2me6y]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@willileo2373]

Italians and Greeks are like the “Arabs of Europe”

[@percymiller8775]

They look Arab also

[@dinashenhav4657]

? They are not Arab also Turkish (which is not Arab) daring is quite similar

[@willileo2373]

@@dinashenhav4657 I know but they have habits similar to Arabs, where are you from?

[@mattclubdj]

@@willileo2373 "what have we ever done to make you treat us so disrespectfully?"

[@willileo2373]

@@mattclubdj why do you consider it disrespecting? I meant there are many similarities with Arab societies especially of the Middle East (the way of thinking) is so similar I can tell

[@burgersuperking]

8:50 so, she lies on job interviews??

[@brenthervig9557]

Привет якорь.У меня сейчас есть проект.Хочу с тобой сотрудничать.Не знаю,хочешь ли ты

[@chandie5298]

11:09 obviously yes. this is true of every culture world-wide. past, present and yes, the future will be the same.

[@qwerty48880]

They are discriminative and double standards towrds the people from india,pakistan,bangladesh,srilanka.We often referrred to Africans in sarcastic way.Percentage of error very less

[@gi1937]

As an Italian I agree. And you know what's ironic? Italians themselves are racialized too. So thank you for pointing that out, and I'm sorry for your bad experiences. I sincerely hope Italians will make it up to you eventually

[@_MC529]

Ngl... This sounds absolutely horrible. On both ends, honestly.

[@_MC529]

Why are they so loud?😭 My ears are bleeding

[@nonmilavoda]

This channel is all about stereotypes smh

[@esperanzamora5953]

Look at them manspreading. There's even one of the ladies at the edge of the bench. I mean, guys, c'mon!

[@guilhermelopes1623]

Eh,turn of the ligth and bring me the bill...WTF

[@mimmiblu6138]

What? I do not even know what you mean...what's wrong with it?

[@aweecuntfromliverpool3193]

Get over yourself

[@alegeraci7643]

Antonella ha fascino e carisma

[@dilarabicer__]

My ears

[@karolinaeleonora3064]

The manspreads....

[@greenmachine5600]

Manspread back

[@variousmusic4856]

But Indian Men are Always Loyal❤️

[@ginger942]

Absolutely bullshits. We are not like that at all! Stop It!

[@julesfalcone]

This woman in the middle is too combative.

[@nicolettastrada5976]

Che palle con questi stereotipi!!!!

[@Aiko-by1ph]

Most of women are loud. Not just italy

[@Arrotte.Weiler]

Questa Antonella è un sogno per me.

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

Italian are better at everything anyone in the world

[@louisetaylor6952]

Yes, we truly are...

[@prussiansocietyofamerica]

If a girl asks you about your relationship with your mother or the females in your family, that is an immediate Red Flag. Stay Away.

[@chrystianaw8256]

Why?

[@ikerdelpalacio5160]

Such bad English and no captions provided...

[@Sant2409]

I was listening to Antonella and couldn't understand who she sounds like...I was like "that voice sounds familiar, where did I hear it?" and finally I got it: she sounds like Lorraine Bracco! ))