I would not say the GF saga really changed my life -- it would definitely be too much. Nevertheless, in my own language is sometime said for fun "gli farò un'offerta che non potrà rifiutare" ("I'll make him an offer...."), especially using that peculiar Vito's voice with a sicilian accent (that I can easily imitate, as any other Italian accent)... smile

Plus, from then on, I'm a HUGE fun of Al Pacino (whom, as my tagline says, I'd like to marry if Beverly doesn't mind grin )

And, most of all, I've been developping some special affective bonds with the Italian Americans. I hope this big community will do better and better in any social/political/artistic/whatsoever section of the American life. The prouder you Italian Americans get, the prouder we "Italian Italians" get! wink

I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)