Imperioli Michael Quotes

#1. I have looked for the center of the art scene. I went to Paris as a student. I lived in Venice, California.

Eleanor Coppola

#2. As a surfer, I am interested in the ocean. And I am concerned and interested in all of these natural and cultural rumblings underfoot as well.

Brandon Boyd

#3. The way I think I should stay out of trouble is by stayin' busy. With idle time comes a lot of biz, so the more my work load is heavy, I'll have no time to get into any trouble or makin' dis tracks or get into conversation about any other rappers.

Gucci Mane

#4. I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.

Michael Imperioli

#5. It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that governs worst.

Jane Bowles

#6. But James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, they did such great work, especially in the last show.

Michael Imperioli

#7. Not to toot our own horn, but when 'The Sopranos' was on, it was as good as any movie that was coming out in the theater. I think that goes for a lot of shows today.

Michael Imperioli

#8. I made strength from everything that had happened to me, so that in the end even the final tragedy could not defeat me. And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart.
Antonio

Rudolfo Anaya

#9. Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.

Evgeny Morozov

#10. I'd go for parts that didn't pay a dime, and there would be 300 to 400 actors there. It could be very discouraging. To make it in this business, you have to have a kind of dumb sense that you're really good. You have to believe that someone is going to recognize that.

Michael Imperioli

#11. Stop and appreciate what you have today. Look at what you have with wider eyes, maybe with more compassion and more gratitude for the things that you do have and not the things you don't have.

Michael Imperioli

#12. I've been working professionally as an actor since I was 20. That's going to be 25 years soon. So, that's a veteran. That's a big-time veteran. I've had some great successes, and I've had some not-successes.

Michael Imperioli

#13. I do smoke in real life. A lot. We're all smoking right now in fact.

Michael Imperioli

#14. I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.

Michael Imperioli

#15. These people couldn't be counted on for anything. All of their promises bled into lies.

Alexandra Bracken

#16. My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

Michael Imperioli

#17. 'Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of authenticity. Detroit offers a unique visual landscape that tells the story of the city and what it's been through.

Michael Imperioli

#18. There's too many actors in LA. I mean, I'll go out there from time to time, but I always find it pretty soul-destroying. I don't drive, and the people kind of rub me the wrong way. It's just not home. You know? It's not New York. It's not ... my town.

Michael Imperioli

#19. To be at acting school, it was kind of the first time you felt the freedom to be as much of yourself as you wanted. People weren't going to judge you.

Michael Imperioli

#20. Is not the kindred of a common fate a closer tie than that of birth?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#21. Back 20 years ago, there was a division between movie actors and TV actors. That's kind of gone away. People who have had a lot of success in movies in the past now want to be on TV. There used to be much more of a quality division between TV and movies, and that's kind of not the case anymore.

Michael Imperioli

#22. Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city, physically, has suffered. You can see it in certain neighborhoods, and there's buildings downtown that have been abandoned.

Michael Imperioli

#23. I don't think 'my way or the highway' works, that mentality. And that's what the Tea Party has done: drawn a line in the sand. I'm sorry - that doesn't work in business, that doesn't work in your family, it certainly doesn't work in government and our Congress.

Patrick Murphy

#24. John Ventimiglia, who was on 'The Sopranos,' was in my first acting class and we have been friends since that time. Alec Baldwin was in my class back then, Sean Young and Andrew McCarthy.

Michael Imperioli

#25. In Britain you're more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible.

Michael Imperioli