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David Chase Biography

David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American writer, director, and television producer who has worked in television for 40 years. He has produced and written for such shows as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He has created the original series Almost Grown which aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989, but he is best known for the influential and critically acclaimed HBO drama The Sopranos which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. He is a prominent figure in American television and has won seven Emmy Awards.

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

Interesting, Kind, Self

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.

Cousin, Cousins, Kids, Thinking, Used, Watch

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.

Add, Connections, Mystery, Network, Thinking, Visuals

Psychology doesn't address the soul; that's something else.

Address, Addresses, Psychology, Soul

The thing about movies now is in a way what it always was: The screen is huge and now the sound systems are too. And you never get that with TV. Even with a home system, it's never the same.

Home, Sound, Systems, Way

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.

Cameras, Firsts, Italians, Take, Time, Tvs

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.

Choices, Comedy, Important, Joke, Story, Writing

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?

Choices, Choose, Distraction, Important, Time

I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out.

Editors, Head, Huge, Let, Sometimes, Trying

I'm the number-one fan of gangster movies.

Fan, Fans, Gangster, Gangster Movie, Movies, Numbers

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.

Among, Code, Codes, Mafia, Ridiculous, Sopranos

Hitchcock was one of the few people in Hollywood who had a brand. Every movie he made was an Alfred Hitchcock movie, couldn't have been anyone else.

Brand, Hollywood, Made, Movie, People

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. '

Eye, Inspirational, Motivational, Performances, Remember, Saw

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

Cheer, Intended, People, Selling, Smoking

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.

Already, Artistic Life, Material, Probably, Self, Thinking

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.

Bad, Character, Good, Interesting, Matter, Writing

I think people are intolerant of artists.

Artist, Intolerant, People, Think, Thinking

Cancer don't respect nothing.

Cancer, Nothing, Respect, Sopranos

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.

Dreamlike, Fascinated, Film, Tempted

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.

Degradation, Human, Needs, People, Seen, Time

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