I'm the number-one fan of gangster movies. David Chase More Quotes by David Chase More Quotes From David Chase 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? David Chase distraction important choices 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 doctors drama thinking 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 sopranos mafia ridiculous You see Michelangelo and Picasso and you read literature. I had some innate inchoate yearning for that, but I never really saw where I would fit in. That's called art. And then something happened to pop music, which is that it became art under the hand of the Beatles, the Stones, and Bob Dylan and some other people. David Chase hands people art You know, what's interesting is, being your own self is kind of a blur. David Chase kind self interesting People have said that I said I hate television. I never did say that. What I said was that I hated a lot of stuff that was on television. It's nothing about the medium itself. David Chase hate people television 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 laughing fall 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. David Chase artistic-life self thinking I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out. David Chase editors trying sometimes 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. David Chase writing character interesting 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. David Chase cousin kids thinking When I was doing 'The Sopranos,' I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it. David Chase sopranos film together I was so besotted with '8½' that, when it was on TV, I used to take pictures with my 35-mm. camera of the frames of the film. That was the first time I'd ever really seen Italians on screen. David Chase cameras tvs firsts I would imagine that the more time you spend talking to another person, the more you're going to lie to them. So if you spend a lot of time with your relations, you're probably lying a lot to them. David Chase imagine talking lying 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. David Chase fascinated tempted film Television is a prisoner of dialogue and steady-cam. People walk down a hall, and the camera follows them around a corner. David Chase cameras people television 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. David Chase degradation people needs But cheer up - we could be selling tobacco. It's not like software kills people if used as intended David Chase cheer smoking people 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. David Chase hbo done want I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story, the important stuff. David Chase important choices writing
