Michael Imperioli

I have a background writing screenplays and teleplays. I've tried to write prose and fiction but never really completed anything I thought…

— Michael Imperioli

John Ventimiglia, who was on 'The Sopranos,' was in my first acting class and we have been friends since that time. Alec…

— Michael Imperioli

I love fiction and read novels constantly.

— Michael Imperioli

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

— Michael Imperioli

I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I…

— Michael Imperioli

It doesn't really matter to me how people see me.

— Michael Imperioli

I'd go for parts that didn't pay a dime, and there would be 300 to 400 actors there. It could be very…

— Michael Imperioli

Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of…

— Michael Imperioli

Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here,…

— Michael Imperioli

Everybody I play probably has some Italian in them.

— Michael Imperioli

When you're going through these difficult times of chaos and trauma, the most important thing is to keep those who are closest…

— Michael Imperioli

When I was young, you went to school, dealt with your friends and drama, went home, did your homework, went to bed,…

— Michael Imperioli

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…

— Michael Imperioli

There's too many actors in LA. I mean, I'll go out there from time to time, but I always find it pretty…

— Michael Imperioli

Stop and appreciate what you have today. Look at what you have with wider eyes, maybe with more compassion and more gratitude…

— Michael Imperioli

I would never put on a Mets hat. Only if I was playing a Met as part of the job. Which, actually,…

— Michael Imperioli

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

— Michael Imperioli

In this world, there really is a law of cause and effect: You reap what you sow. Then energy you put out…

— Michael Imperioli

Spike Lee is not the first name you would probably think about redoing 'Oldboy.'

— Michael Imperioli

'Pitchfork' said something like, 'Michael Imperioli wrote a book that sounds like Lou Reed fan fiction,' which maybe it is. It's fiction,…

— Michael Imperioli

With screenplays and teleplays, they are mapped, really, in the blueprint of a finished product, which is something you're going to watch…

— Michael Imperioli

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

— Michael Imperioli

Not to toot our own horn, but when 'The Sopranos' was on, it was as good as any movie that was coming…

— Michael Imperioli

There's an intelligence that goes with being a good cop. Intuitiveness - they have to be actors; they have to have deductive…

— Michael Imperioli

I think people always thought I was more of a Guido than I am.

— Michael Imperioli