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

James Gandolfini was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time... A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes. I remember telling him many times, 'You don't get it. You're like Mozart.'

I think people are intolerant of artists.

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?

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

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.

But cheer up - we could be selling tobacco. It's not like software kills people if used as intended