I don't know anyone who curses the way they do on the Sopranos. Not in an Italian household. I never said the word hell in front of my mother.

I have sons, and they have never said the word hell in front of me or my wife. That's the truth.

There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art.

I actually got more attention from one episode of 'The Sopranos' than I did from two years of 'The L Word.'

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

'The Sopranos' all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I was if the writing weren't so good.