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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Network television is all talk. I think there should be visuals on a show, some sense of mystery to it, connections that don't add up.

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