Extended interviews: "The Sopranos" creator, cast reflect on HBO series' 25th anniversary

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[@themisfitmama4397]

I still giggle that Michael Imperioli married an interior decorator.

[@Eriecartel]

just shows were living in the matrix, its all written in stone literally xDDD

[@rman52]

Quasimodo predicted it.

[@GojiraFan25]

@@rman52Nostradamus!

[@rman52]

@@GojiraFan25 That was a short but phenomenal scene! James and Schirripa really worked well together. Now the rest of the cast and Schirripa are another story. Not well liked.

[@Guillermo_Carratero]

Really? His house looked like sh*t..

[@samblackwell8308]

They’ll never let them stop getting interviewed about this show

[@schrisdellopoulos9244]

these poor actors say the same thing over & over. Since the 10th anniversary, when James died, the 20th...ad infinitum.

[@phenomenal8196]

Right. I think they’re tired of it. It’s the only thing these actors are remembered for out of their whole careers

[@TooBokoo]

@@phenomenal8196 I had seen GoodFellas so many times at the point when The Sopranos rolled around, I only saw Michael Imperioli as Spider, and I couldn't shake it through the entire series. LOL!

[@Mrpinky-yg1qu]

They're nothing without that show

[@thomaslytle5519]

@@Mrpinky-yg1quDumba$$ comment. You are WRONG

[@mtae5]

Let me tell you a couple of three things, when they cut to that break dancing I almost spit out my gabagool.

[@criticman123]

Take it easy philly, the wine makes you emotional

[@xman777b]

Sopranos related comment sections will always be the finest on YT. Never dissapoints

[@lucabrasix]

The greatest show that ever was and ever will be.

[@christinecatt8039]

NYPD was a close second..😊

[@lantarsroar87]

@@christinecatt8039 agree on both, love them both

[@B-t2cz]

Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Oz, Deadwood, Band of Brothers....early 2000s HBO was peak TV

[@kylemcgill2966]

I loved Breaking Bad just as much. I don’t think a show will ever come close to those. I hope though. I need something to watch! 😂

[@daynawaymire]

​@@kylemcgill2966 Same!! I love to binge watch in the winter so I need something in this area to watch.

[@paul2827]

I can’t explain the love and nostalgia I have for this show. It’s such a masterpiece in my opinion.

[@nicholasgarcia6402]

That David Chase interview was probably the best ever in terms of getting him to speak about the show candidly. I’m taken aback, because the way he speaks, you can tell he is keenly aware of what the show really says in its totality

[@roymunson1]

Hopefully he has a hunger to work on a new project, because the many saints wasnt very good.

[@elmizzox]

Many saints is proof he's a one-hit wonder ​@@roymunson1

[@brockdavis1706]

It could have been alot better than what it was ​@roymunson1

[@ironclock]

Very observant. The sacred and the propane

[@larryt.atcycleitalia5786]

Chase' mother was my mother! I never get tired of watching the show.

[@Brian-wf9xy]

James Gandolfini's performance as Tony Soprano is the most nuanced and complex acting I've ever seen. The actor disappears and you just see/hear the character. Now that's legendary.

[@alanvonweltin6820]

It's always so striking when you hear Jim speak in his natural voice and you realize how much effort was required to "be" Tony for all of those years

[@Brian-wf9xy]

@@alanvonweltin6820 Exactly. It's Daniel Day-Lewis levels of transformation. The voice, the mannerisms, the micro expressions, he completely becomes the character.

[@msclaudeee-ca6312]

I just binge watched the show for the first time. I loved it, and I enjoy the many interviews with the actors. I plan to binge watch it again.

[@cynthialatina5743]

I just binge watched the series a few weeks ago. Absolutely loved it!

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

*binge

[@cynthialatina5743]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings sorry!

[@ismarwinkelman5648]

Did you watch it on your own? Or perhaps with your brother Billy, whatever happened there... 🤣😂

[@cynthialatina5743]

@@ismarwinkelman5648 wth bro? why so snarky? what did i ever do to you?

[@ismarwinkelman5648]

@@cynthialatina5743 It was a joke, Cynthia! Watch the sitdown in episode 12 of season 6 😉

[@Ant_370]

David Chase looks like the actor who plays Jigsaw in the Saw movies

[@Ryan-on5on]

Funny you should mention that! Tobin Bell, the actor who played Jigsaw, had a role on The Sopranos in Season 3 as a military school superintendent.

[@stripedpants1668]

Very good Ryan. The sacred and the propane.

[@anthonycaserta9997]

​@@Ryan-on5on the corp, the corp, the Corp, 😂

[@ismarwinkelman5648]

Very allegorical

[@TheAvargas687]

Sopranos is and always will be the greatest show ever created ,the writing alone was amazing, I still watch it till this day

[@criticman123]

Chase not rewatching the show is a big reason that saints of newark was so bad and inconsistent with the story. Really bad

[@alanvonweltin6820]

I think a big reason why Saints wasn't great was because Chase didn't direct it. His wife (I think) was sick and he had to have someone else do it. We'll never know what his version might have been like.

[@MrJellyton]

@@alanvonweltin6820 Alan Taylor directed it. He directed a good amount of episodes of Sopranos. Maybe he is not as good at movies than directing TV. Chase also wanted to make a movie about the New Jersey riots for a long time, but I've heard that HBO wanted him to connect it to Sopranos.

[@normajeanreeves5409]

I have rewatched this a few times . As an American-Italian I ❤this!!🥰

[@brandiknight6592]

I’ve rewatched it every year as a Black American. I absolutely love the show and writing

[@oliverreyes334]

Commendatore!

[@RobiePezzos]

Are you in the m- never mind.

[@obrunolegal4340]

forget about it

[@bobbicampbell5233]

Finally got around to watching this show this summer, currently on Season 4. Always knew it was a force, and loved James Gandolfini as an actor from some of his other work (including my introduction to him as a mob enforcer in "True Romance"; if you've never seen it it's definitely worth a watch), but just never had the time or access. Movies are sometimes a 2 hour character study, whereas this is 6 seasons' worth of multiple character studies, and great art is both an expression and attempt to understand humanity. What a great work of art "The Sopranos" is. Salut!

[@MrAledro84]

The views go up to Borko

[@ٴۥٴٴٴ]

you can't be ceerious

[@clydu91]

You were warned once CBS

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Cringe. Quit trying to make someone famous who literally just uploads clips of a show he had nothing to do with.

[@iniee3662]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings I can't even say his name...

[@italishgirl5601]

The episode where AJ attempts suicide was so difficult to watch… that’s when I knew I had become invested in these characters.

[@AlexHippert]

Life is precious.

[@fatih68309]

Sopranos is the best show ever. I still watch some episodes from begining to end. And my favorite scene is; Tony and Carmela is sitting by the pool. And Tony says "you are my liffe" to Carmela. Then, Carmela's look to Tony. Wonderful! Edie Falco shows the world with just single look, how to be a complete actress.

[@shawnbyron6638]

In my opinion the Sopranos is the greatest show ever made. The cast, the writing, everything was perfect.

[@brianbrosnan637]

I agree

[@Introduction08]

@@brianbrosnan637yes AFTER The Wire. 😊

[@ep3578]

I think its The Wire. But The Sopranos is right behind it. Oz is up there too

[@homestead44]

Brilliant show , everyone was great but James gandolfini was incredible ❤ 🙏🏻

[@corinnehernandez4549]

One of my favorite series. HBO at it's prime!

[@BrewBelts]

I love sopranos..

[@AGuy-x3d]

Best tv show in history bar none

[@03bubbachuck]

I agree 100%

[@hugosilva3916]

sopranos and BB...

[@AGuy-x3d]

@@hugosilva3916 Breaking Bad? I agree

[@marodonthemorone]

Breaking bad better

[@AGuy-x3d]

@@marodonthemorone Thats the other greatest show of all time and if you listen to the creator of Breaking Bad, he was obsessed with the sopranos

[@stark102088]

love it that David Chase says “life is precious. If he’d gone to prison or if he died with his face in a linguini, I don’t think we would have thought that” basically saying, enjoy the time you have here, it’s not about the end.

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

Yea I don't think he got whacked at the end, i think our time with the characters was just over

[@jasonbrosnan8770]

The sopranos has to be one of the greatest tv shows in history if not the greatest ever

[@jennic.548]

I really enjoyed the dream sequences. Great writing and fantastic cast.

[@Codename067]

never forget that we would not have many of the shows that came after The Sopranos, without The Sopranos.

[@charlychips]

Chase is a genius.

[@juandoe4934]

The show evolves with you as you grow. I watched before I had kids....now married with a kid for 16 years. My favorite show.

[@set1896]

Charles Schwab over here

[@bobburroughs6241]

The best ever - just watched it for the 3rd time.

[@Howardsternlistener]

The Godfather of TV

[@ivanterekhov5369]

The best TV series ever so far.

[@billhicks3332]

It will never be bettered.

[@aj101pf69]

Amazing series!

[@alastairbeaumont9578]

Did anyone else yell “CONSIGLIERE!!!” at their screen when he called Sil the Underboss?

[@lukef2098]

Do ayte

[@XaimitaBuchonita]

No

[@schrisdellopoulos9244]

Actually, yes. I thought it. Good call. There are those of us who are REAL Sopranos fans, and then there's everyone else.

[@rancidcrawfish]

Take a shot every time the interviewer says "yeah.."

[@schrisdellopoulos9244]

Same old answers & quips we heard on the 10th anniversary, and on the 20th. It's a bizarre custom.

[@ScottStewart92]

we dont talk like that

[@AA-qb7ni]

Man I wish James was here. What a show. I gotta rewatch it again now...

[@joseluki]

Those breakdancers have the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@Guillermo_Carratero]

Not that Australian lady

[@PJ-po6xy]

Greatest show of all time. Im currently on my 12th time watching it💯

[@siqmadiq2171]

Silvio was the consigliere not underboss

[@MrJellyton]

"Life is precious," his semi-explanation of the ending here, I find moving.

[@jodibailey6718]

This show was is perfection Will never be replicated.

[@RD-lx1gy]

I don’t think we will ever see anything like “ The Sopranos”

[@thomassaehler9038]

Are they filming in The Bing?

[@TheGoodfellas.]

I used to be a b-boy back in the late 90’s, the Junior high school days. The beats nowadays dont mesh well with break’n. Hopefully there is a “renaissance” of this element of hip-hop amongst the youth.

[@robertcosta6967]

I always felt watching this show that I was eavesdropping on real people and not watching actors. That's how perfectly casted and acted this show was. And, of course, well written as well....

[@caddilacjones2397]

I still remember that episode where they mock Junior for going down on a girl .

[@michaelschooler-f5x]

Boca...

[@brianbrosnan637]

“Sout of da borda, down Mexico way.”

[@JeffreyGillespie]

People who don’t get the Sopranos ending are so basic 😂

[@frankflores1917]

I wish they would have done more with the character Borko.

[@2ification]

The good ship lollipop

[@Bill-jc1fy]

Sorry but break dancing is not a sport

[@keefriff99]

I swear, Imperioli really hasn’t aged much aside from the gray hair.

[@DaanVanruiten]

God really blessed him with his amazing hair lol

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Up in da Club!

[@matt75hooper]

Producers & Directors of a mega hit are truly blessed. They enjoy all the material windfall & keep their privacy. Not so for the cast.

[@vistalite]

Break dancing as an Olympic sport. What’s next… competitive skipping?

[@Whiteboykun]

What's next, Competitive Hopscotch? I mean, 'Hoppin'?

[@mossadagent2664]

What’s next, competitive skipping? Heheh you hear what I said tone’

[@ianlassitter2397]

Competitive Seal clapping.

[@TheSavagederek]

David Chase looks like Beansy 😂

[@lantarsroar87]

"you're gonna build Beansie that ramp"

[@TheSavagederek]

@@lantarsroar87 😂 . He's a shopping cart from here on out 🤣

[@papadougpapadougsadventures]

Loved the show, hated the ending. But I must admit I always sit in restaurants with my back to a wall and a view of the door.😮

[@jasonlopez8499]

funny that david chase was being interviewed at the bada bing here lol

[@johnjacobs6718]

The breakdancing was better to watch

[@SandwedgeMon]

When I see David Chase, I think of a sith from Star Wars

[@LiamPorterFilms]

Or Jigsaw

[@Wdf9500]

I could watch this all day

[@piotrmanula6091]

I'm just repeating Pion, now the Sopranos series, and each time I gain 3 kg on the scale😂 Great series, you had a great adventure, you are great actors and I thank you for it😊

[@Poocher0963]

CBS showing Nancy Marchand as Livia and they used the awful CGI clip of her after she died smh

[@walkingwiener3571]

Still the best series I ever watched.

[@CR-vj6vv]

OK, so Chase pretty much confirmed that Tony is dead without saying it. It's just that he didn't want the audience to actually SEE it happen. That the cut to black for 10 seconds without sound had to be symbolic of that and was never meant to be up for debate. "Life is precious" as he stated. There you are for those that doubted it.

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

Or our time with the characters was just over. I dunno. I just rewatched the show and it seemed like red hearings b4 the ending.

[@georgeskanderbeg3242]

Why was this geo blocked in Canada

[@alanvonweltin6820]

I like how Chase just refused to answer the question about what he intended in the finale and the cut to black - "I don't know how to explain it"

[@LiamPorterFilms]

Falco is so unpretentious I love her

[@rentslave]

Chase just couldn't resist taking that shot at Dr.David Duke in the scene regarding Meadow's stolen bike.

[@jude999]

I have never seen "Little Stephen" smile even once.

[@keefriff99]

You must not be a Springsteen fan…he smiles, laughs and jokes all the time onstage.

[@JongeGeeven]

Ik ben een maand geleden begonnen met kijken ik vind het geweldig en ik ben 44 jammer dat ik het niet eerder had gekeken hahah

[@gooperella]

Came for the Sopranos, stayed for the Breakers.

[@GiffBeatsVegas]

Beautiful. Hope to meet you all someday.

[@DoFeedThePigeons]

The creator of the show was James not David and the movie proves that

[@ohwell14]

Up in da club

[@Gryzlek]

What the hell Edie Falco aged 20 years since that interview from 5 years ago

[@mitchl.7276]

The interviewer is one of the Medagons with Cusimanos golf team

[@supertaints1710]

3:30 DAMN Spider has aged since serving drinks to Tommy DeSimone and James Burke.

[@lovelondon806]

That was like 35 years ago 😂

[@deenman23]

he was a saint

[@Dr.Fiendish]

Christopher never looked hard enough in my book!

[@usernotfound40495]

Dang they just had their 20th not to long ago and it’s been 5 years dam no Paulie

[@brianbrosnan637]

I was watching Season 3 last week and I noticed something from the episode where Melfi gets graped. The grapist’s name is Jesus Rossi. Took me 20 years to notice that. David Chase is brilliant

[@kylemcgill2966]

I appreciate the ending now. The ending for Breaking Bad was amazing but people dont talk about it.

[@solizrael]

Why did it turn into a break dance thing during the michael imperioli interview

[@tonymarts427]

I've always said that they should make The sopranos an animated series and continue on with that. You still have most of the actors alive the ones that are not you could simply use old stock voice footage or get a voice over actor, I'm sure gandolfini's son would approve and I think it would be great to restart the show right after the restaurant scene and just keep things going from there. I think there's a lot more there and they should make it into something like an animated series but a true animated series something very professional like something very clean and neat I don't mean comical looking I mean serious looking animation. I've already seen a couple of movies and some programs that truly look real although they are still animation. So I think this could be done and I think a lot of people would like it. Plus it would be more cost effective. And I think you could keep the program going great like this and I think a lot of fans would accept it and enjoy it. There's so much talk about it, I think this should happen. Tony doesn't die at the end like a lot of people claims he did, we all know David Chase was keeping him alive because they thought there would be another season and this is already well documented, you bring Silvio out of his coma, and take it from there. Or you can make it a dream sequence and not have the hit maid on everyone it could simply be a dream sequence, God knows Tony soprano had a lot of dream sequences, I think this version of it would be perfect. 👍🤠🇮🇹

[@Carlito_Brigante93]

Just stop

[@tippyhadroncollider]

Steve Van Zant looks exactly the same.

[@clbbl]

The best things in life come from no interference.

[@6XARTHY9]

although its not implied, phil indeed do 20 years in the can.

[@OCDtea]

1:24 (Rick Dalton pointing at TV meme)

[@eduardosotelo8446]

Me and my bm saw the whole series a few years ago. There would not of be a Jesse Pinkman if it wasn't for Christopher.

[@IIIlllIIlIl]

Catchin' not pitching ?

[@MiguelOhara187]

You probably don’t even hear it when it happens 🥲

[@billybatts8283]

This show only happened because of Chase greasing the Unions.

[@hammer44head]

I thought Chase ended that way so he could have a Soprano movie in his back pocket in getting funding for another project he might have wanted to do maybe something not commercial whatsoever and getting the funding for it with a promise to make a Soprano movie, which we all know would have killed at the box office.

[@michaelferdinando8611]

Did he say “bumpy baccala” ?!

[@Ghosthound_X]

In this house the New York Breakers are heroes end of story!!!

[@jakecoleman2001]

Has anyone noticed that david Chase is being filmed in satin dolls. 4:21/21:30

[@tillzenn]

As a Drama and Crime Show, The Sopranos is as fine a work as has ever been created. It’s too bad David Chase in almost every interview spins how funny he thought it was. Comedically, it mostly mocked the uneducated via malapropism, which as Italians, we always found lowered bar and offensive. The writing speaks for itself and nothing degrades a brand more than an elderly Creator spinning his work into something it was not. The Sopranos speaks for itself and David Chase should let it stand in its merits without Spin.

[@gene8172]

As an Italian-American, I always felt the comedy and the malapropisms were there to show how colossally stupid the mobster characters actually were.

[@jotac87278]

Tony never had the makings of a varsity athlete