I think people are intolerant of artists.

You know, what's interesting is, being your own self is kind of a blur.

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.

When I was a kid, I used to watch 'Laurel and Hardy' with my cousins all the time. I still think they're extremely funny and so surreal.

Don't get too comfortable. We are here for a certain period of time, and how much of your life are you gonna choose to spend with distractions? How do you make your choices? What is important?

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

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

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

Hope comes in many forms.

It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.

There's something very dreamlike about film, and I will always be very fascinated by that, and I'm always tempted to go in that direction.

All things want to float.

Interestingly, the more Americans report knowing about Muslim countries, the more likely they are to hold positive views of those countries. (p. 155)

When you're famous, you're always famous. It doesn't go away.

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.

Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels.

Feelings you have for each other will not be known unless you voice them.

Men don't fall in love with me - only young ones.

Today's brains are yesterday's mashed potatoes.

Events sometimes are the biggest teachers, as opposed to words, lectures, and that kind of thing.

Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then maybe you have a powder box and do not need.