Sopranos Quotes

• I wanted to play a good guy after doing this lunatic on The Sopranos for two years. And then they did the sequel to Bad Boys, where I get to play the barking captain again.

  Joe Pantoliano

  Boys, Years, Play

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• Those who want respect, give respect.

  James Gandolfini

  Giving, Want, Tough Guy

  "The Sopranos: The Knight in White Satin Armor". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2000.

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• When I was doing 'The Sopranos,' I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it.

  David Chase

  Together, Film, My Favorite

  "David Chase's Teenage Dreams" by Lorraine Cwelich, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 20, 2012.

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• This is gonna sound stupid, but I saw at one point that our mothers are ... bus drivers. No, they are the bus. See, they're the vehicle that gets us here. They drop us off and go on their way. They continue on their journey. And the problem is that we keep tryin' to get back on the bus, instead of just lettin' it go.

  James Gandolfini

  Mother, Stupid, Journey

  "The Sopranos: The Second Coming". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• I find I have to be the sad clown: laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.

  James Gandolfini

  Laughing, Cry, Clown

  "The Sopranos: Pilot". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game." Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week.

  Rick Riordan

  Kids, Games, Layers

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• Psychology doesn't address the soul; that's something else.

  David Chase

  Psychology, Soul, Addresses

  David Chase, Carlo De Vito (2009). “The Sopranos: The Classic Quotes: 100 Unforgettable Bits of Wisdom&Humor From Americas Favorite Families”, Cider Mill Press

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• Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

  Stephen Hunt

  Broken, Imitation, Clock

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• The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Hero, Broken, Lasts

  Song: I Was Born To Run, Album: Born To Run, 1975

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• Hope comes in many forms.

  David Chase

  Form

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• You know my feelings: every day is a gift. It's just, does it have to be socks?

  James Gandolfini

  Feelings, Doe, Pairs

  "In praise of... Tony Soprano" by James Gandolfini, www.theguardian.com. June 20, 2013.

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• The Sopranos all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I was if the writing weren't so good.

  James Gandolfini

  Writing, Long, Has Beens

  "True Grit: James Gandolfini". Interview with Dan Fierman, www.gq.com. October 16, 2010.

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• Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Making Love, Opera, Want

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• The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and I was a boy soprano. I didn't do that much classical music; I did a little bit. I had a lovely voice. And then when my voice dropped, I didn't worry about it consciously because I wasn't that invested in my singing at the time.

  Sam Amidon

  Kids, Boys, Lovely Voice

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky. Unless you're dealing with a revival, which is why I do so many revivals - because my specific tone and vocal quality lends itself to that type of writing.

  Laura Benanti

  Writing, Rocks, Quality

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Who the hell uses a burner cell phone when they're not trying to hide something? [..] Only dope dealers, and Hell's Angels, and Tony Soprano use burner cell phones.

  Pat Martin

  Angel, Dope, Phones

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• 'The Sopranos,' for instance, is arguably the best cable show of all time. They could have made a movie, but that show ended so perfectly, it would almost be a disadvantage to make a movie like that. Then again, if you made a 'Sopranos' movie, people would be lined around the block to go see it.

  Jerry Ferrara

  Block, People, Would Be

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You know when I was depressed I said I didn't want to live? Well, I'll tell you something - I didn't want to die.

  Bill Vaughan

  Want, Said, Live Well

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• I think the people who probably have it the best are the people on cable like on Entourage, the Sopranos, etc. who have 13 episodes per season and breaks to do films and theatre. I think thats the most ideal life.

  T. J. Thyne

  Thinking, People, Theatre

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• I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.

  Len Cariou

  Boys, Voice, Kind

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• The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator.

  Mstislav Rostropovich

  Hero, Voice, Violin

  "Why the cello is a hero". Interview With Julian Lloyd Webber, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 28, 2004.

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• I was on a show called '12 Miles of Bad Road' with Lily Tomlin - it was an incredible HBO show. We shot 6 episodes, previewed it before the finale of 'The Sopranos;' it was written up as a 'Great New Show on HBO,' and then the whole thing was canned. Gone. Disappeared. That's when I realized anything can happen in this business.

  Eliza Coupe

  Hbo, Gone, Lilies

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When we were doing 'The Sopranos', I used to love that about it. There were rules, Mafia codes you had to go by, but the code is ridiculous. It's a code among sociopaths.

  David Chase

  Mafia, Ridiculous, Sociopath

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• The Sopranos' is filled with really retrograde humor. Bathroom humor, falls, stupid puns, bad jokes - infantile, adolescent stuff, but it makes me laugh.

  David Chase

  Stupid, Fall, Laughing

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• I think that the difference between The Sopranos and the shows that came before it was that it was really personal. There had been a lot of dramas, a lot of really good ones, a lot of really bad ones, but they were always franchise shows about cops, or doctors, or lawyers. They weren't about the writer himself.

  David Chase

  Drama, Thinking, Doctors

  "Q&A: David Chase Beyond The Sopranos". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. October 9, 2012.

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