The Sopranos (1999–2007)

James Gandolfini: Tony Soprano

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• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : You know where I was yesterday when you called?

  Dr Jennifer Melfi : I don't know.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : I was outside a whorehouse, while a guy that works for me was inside beating the shit out of a guy that owes me money. Broke his arm. Put a bullet in his kneecap.

  Dr Jennifer Melfi : How'd that make you feel?

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Wished it was me in there.

  Dr Jennifer Melfi : Giving the beating or taking it?

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.

• [about his father] 

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : The belt was his favorite child development tool.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : You know, sometimes what happens in here is like taking a shit.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Yes, okay. Although I prefer to think of it more like childbirth.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Trust me. It's like taking a shit.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [to Silvio]  All due respect, you got no fuckin' idea what it's like to be Number One. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fuckin' thing. It's too much to deal with almost. And in the end you're completely alone with it all.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

• Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Let's get back to Pie-O-My, it's sad that you lost something you loved. That being said, it is a horse.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : What the fuck's the matter with you?

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : You're getting better, that's the important thing. You look better too.

  Corrado Erico 'Uncle Junior' Soprano : If you're gonna lie to me, tell me there's a broad waiting in the car who wants to tongue my balls.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : You want that, it's a phone call away.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Sil, break it down for 'em. What two businesses have been recession-proof since time immemorial?

  Silvio Dante : Certain aspects of show business and our thing.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this.

• [Christopher just got out of drug rehab] 

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Which one of the twelve steps you on now?

  Christopher Moltisanti : The only one I haven't exactly done is go around to all the people I fucked over while I was using and apologize.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : ...maybe you shouldn't do that one. Let sleeping dogs lie.

  Christopher Moltisanti : That's what I was thinking.

• [Christopher is stoned] 

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Been wanting to talk to you.

  Christopher Moltisanti : Yeah, been wanting to talk to you too.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : I'll go first. I gotta make it my number one priority to limit my exposure to potentially damaging conversations and wiretaps, shit like that.

  Christopher Moltisanti : Sure, guy in your position.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : So, over the next couple of years, more and more, I'm gonna be giving my orders through you, and then finally only through you.

  Christopher Moltisanti : And what about Sil? You got that with him and Paulie.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Those other guys, Sil, Paulie... one thing they're not: they're not my blood. You hear what I'm saying to you? It's a matter of trust.

  Christopher Moltisanti : That's very wise.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Sil's a good consigliere, he's gonna continue on as such, but he's no fucking spring chicken either. On the other hand, there's no reason to be giving him a fucking attitude either.

  Christopher Moltisanti : No, course not.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : There's gonna be a period of transition.

  Christopher Moltisanti : Jesus Christ, T.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : You're gonna take this family into the twenty-first century.

  Christopher Moltisanti : We're already in the twenty-first century, though, T...

  [Tony looks at him, confused] 

  Christopher Moltisanti : Whatever you say, T. I'd follow you into the gates of hell.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : If you can quote the rules, then you can obey them.

• Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Are you still taking the lithium?

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Lithium, Prozac. When's it gonna end?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : We're trying to give a jolt to your system. Give it... a little kick-start.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Why not kick me in the head?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : What you're going through is very painful, I know that.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : You get stabbed in the ribs, that's painful. This shit, I don't feel nothing. Nothing. Dead. Empty.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : What fucking kind of human being am I, if my own mother wants me dead?

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : All right, obviously you told the cops you don't know who did this.

  Vito Spatafore : I'm upset, but please. I know how to keep my mouth shut.

  Ralph Cifaretto : Unless of course there's a salami sandwich around.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : When you're married, you'll understand the importance of fresh produce!

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : It wasn't like it was friggin' Cobain! It was just a little suicidal gesture, that's all.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [about his father]  He'd been in prison. He was away when I was a little kid. They told me he was in Montana, being a cowboy.

• Tony Soprano : Is everyone in my life fuckin' bananas?

• Livia Soprano : [at the dinner table talking about AJ's behavior]  Oh, his father was the same way. I practically LIVED in that vice principal's office.

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Could we not, please?

  Livia Soprano : Well, you only remember what you want to remember. Yeah, well, I must have had another son who stole a car when he was ten years old.

  [pause] 

  Livia Soprano : Yeah, he could barely see over the steering wheel.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Any idea what my life would be worth if people knew I was in a laughing academy?

• Tony Soprano : Oh, poor baby. What do you want, a Whitman's Sampler?

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line when accused of favoritism]  I'm not running a popularity contest.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Oooohh!

• [Three of Tony's capos enter a room angrily] 

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : I thought I was the only one Junior could make look like that.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : End of story.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [Repeated line]  Skip the preambles...

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [he's in denial over Pussy wearing a wire]  It's fuckin' JIMMY!

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line when Dr. Melfi uses medical terminology he doesn't understand]  English?

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line when someone attempts to challenge his authority]  What? You're going to argue with me now?

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line to AJ]  Focus on the good times.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Maybe I'm wrong, but you haven't been yourself since the old man died. Lorraine Caluzzo. Then you sink this idiot's boat. It's not the Johnny Sack I knew.

• [repeated line] 

  Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : It's okay. It's okay.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [Repeated line]  You go about in pity for yourself.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line to persuade someone to acknowledge the actual issue to be discussed that's being avoided]  Let's dispense with the 500 pound elephant in the room.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line to Dr. Melfi when she suggests his possible Oedipus complex]  Oh come on, I do not want to fuck my mother.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [to Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri, referring to Janice]  You want more responsibility? Start by controlling your wife.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [Repeated line to Dr. Melfi during their therapy sessions]  I got the world by the balls and I can't stop feeling like a miserable prick.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line after recovering from his gun shot wound]  Each day is a gift.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [to his Uncle Junior, joking with him]  I'm kidding with you, you old fuck.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [Repeated line line to different people all on different occasions, describing his admiration for Gary Copper]  The strong, silent type. That was an American, he just did what he had to do.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [Repeated line to Dr. Jennifer Melfi, referring to psychoanalysis]  It's a jerk off.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line, implying et cetera]  Whatever the fuck!

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [to Dr. Melfi, referring to his estranged relationship with his mother]  She's dead to me.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line, implying no one is making money when crime families are at war with each other]  When guys are on mattresses, they're not out earning.

• Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [repeated line and his one condition to Feech La Manna after when he requested to rejoin the family after being released from prison]  As long as you don't step on anyone's toes.