David Chase

I've said this a million times. But I've always wanted to do movies. ”

I had a prior deal in place to do a miniseries for HBO, so I'm not done with TV. But I basically want to stay in movies. ”

I said it's a cold universe and I don't mean that metaphorically. If you go out into space, it's cold. It's really cold and we don't know what's up there. We happen to be in this little pocket where there's a sun. What have we got except love and each other to guard against all that isolation and loneliness? ”

Your father tells you a story when you're a kid, or your mother or your uncle or whoever it is. You sit there with your mouth open, and your mind goes to all these places they're telling you about that you've never seen, and you're agape. You just can't believe that things can happen like that - but it's just so direct. ”

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid. ”

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

I think people are intolerant of artists. ”

People who need therapy are in Afghanistan. They've seen horrible human cruelty and degradation, but they don't have time or the money for therapy. ”

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. ”

I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're probably already disregarding a certain material life you could have. ”