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[Terence] It's not concocted

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

It's not concocted. It's all based on stuffthat's our real life. And it all started with...

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos • S01E02 • 2024

[Terence] It's not concocted. It's all based on stuff
that's our real life. And it all started with David
and his life, but we recognized
similar problems and similar things
that make us laugh or make us frustrated and stuff. And if it fit with David
and it fit with Tony Soprano, that was part of the show. [David] When I was about
eight or nine, we used to go down to the shore
in Belmar, New Jersey. And we were going out
somewhere at night, going down the stairs, and my father fell and ripped his pants. My mother went crazy laughing. [laughing] That came from that.
Most people didn't understand. "What's she laughing at?
That's so horrible." And Nancy said
to my wife Denise, first season, she said, "I trust that this creature
I'm portraying is deceased?" [Alex laughs] [Melfi] What your mother
has, at the very least, is what we call borderline
personality disorder

Full Transcript

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[Terence] It's not concocted.

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It's all based on stuff that's our real life.

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And it all started with David and his life,

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but we recognized similar problems

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and similar things that make us laugh

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or make us frustrated and stuff.

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And if it fit with David and it fit with Tony Soprano,

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that was part of the show.

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[David] When I was about eight or nine,

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we used to go down to the shore in Belmar, New Jersey.

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And we were going out somewhere at night,

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going down the stairs,

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and my father fell

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and ripped his pants.

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My mother went crazy laughing.

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[laughing]

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That came from that. Most people didn't understand.

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"What's she laughing at? That's so horrible."

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And Nancy said to my wife Denise,

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first season, she said,

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"I trust that this creature I'm portraying is deceased?"

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[Alex laughs]

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[Melfi] What your mother has, at the very least,

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is what we call borderline personality disorder.

Duration

56 seconds

Views

70

Timestamp in Movie

00:25:07

Uploaded

Apr 11, 2025

Season

1

Episode

2

Genres

documentary, biography

Production

B.R.C. Produzione Film

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Movie Summary

Firsthand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking series to life.