Michael Imperioli

Back 20 years ago, there was a division between movie actors and TV actors. That's kind of gone away. People who have…

— Michael Imperioli

When I read the pilot of 'The Sopranos,' I wasn't terribly blown away by it.

— Michael Imperioli

I like working with people I know and feel a kinship to.

— Michael Imperioli

One of my early money mistakes was getting fired from the first acting job I ever had. I was cast in a…

— Michael Imperioli

At one point, I got to work as an assistant for Martin Scorsese: He wanted to know about all the films coming…

— Michael Imperioli

I didn't start making a real living until eight or nine years in. Even after 'Goodfellas' came out, I was still working…

— Michael Imperioli

I think a lot of people who didn't know my work before 'The Sopranos' think I came from the Jersey Shore, like…

— Michael Imperioli

I don't know if I would have had the same career had I not done 'GoodFellas.' Probably not. Would I have been…

— Michael Imperioli

To be at acting school, it was kind of the first time you felt the freedom to be as much of yourself…

— Michael Imperioli

Being on a TV show is a really good gig for an actor.

— Michael Imperioli

When you get made into the Mafia, they cut, prick your finger. And they take the blood and put it on the…

— Michael Imperioli

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.…

— Michael Imperioli

My goal as an actor was just to be somebody very human. I'm not really interested in playing a character who is…

— Michael Imperioli

There's a whole network of people, particularly in New York, obviously, that came up through the Spike Lee School. I'm one of…

— Michael Imperioli

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

— Michael Imperioli

I enjoy playing characters who are struggling, particularly with themselves.

— Michael Imperioli