The Sopranos (TV Series)

Big Girls Don't Cry (2000)

James Gandolfini: Tony Soprano

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• Richie Aprile : [about Janice]  We're adults, Tony. And we got history together.

  Tony Soprano : Yeah. Israel and fuckin' Palestine.

  Richie Aprile : People change. I was away a long time. I thought a lot about her.

  Tony Soprano : Ten years, you thought about Janice? There are men in the can better looking than my sister.

• Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Are you still taking your medication?

  Tony Soprano : Off and on

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You should either take it or don't take it ok?

  Tony Soprano : [Nods] 

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : In the coffee shop you mentioned you had a panic attack that led to an automobile accident?

  Tony Soprano : It seems like years ago

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You mean you're so busy? Or you mean you're angry with me for not agreeing to treat you then?

  Tony Soprano : I found out a little "medical history". My old man had the same thing: panic attacks followed by passing out. Cracked his head on a cigarette machine

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Interesting

  Tony Soprano : Interesting? That's it? You're not going to send me for tests or something? Did you read the article in The Times?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Anthony, what is it you want to "achieve" here

  Tony Soprano : What I want to "achieve"? I want to stop passing out. I want to stop panicking. I want to direct my power and my anger to the people that deserve it. I want to be in total control

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : There's no such thing as "total control."

  Tony Soprano : Of course there is

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You want to be a better gang leader? Read The Art of War by Sun Tzu

  Tony Soprano : You know what? Fuck you, you know who I am and you know what I do. You called me. You know where I was when you called?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I don't know

  Tony Soprano : I was outside a whore house where a guy who works for me was beating the shit out of someone who owes me money, broke his arm. Put a bullet in his knee cap

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : How'd that make you feel?

  Tony Soprano : I wished it was me in there

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Getting the beating or taking it?

  Tony Soprano : [Smiles, remains silent] 

• Tony Soprano : [Surprised to see Richie answering the door at Tony's mother's house early in the morning]  the fuck you doing here? Where's my sister?

  Richie Aprile : Store, I'm making breakfast, want some eggs?

  Tony Soprano : Do I want some eggs? Why don't you put your fuckin pants on?

  Richie Aprile : Let's have some coffee

  Tony Soprano : So what the fuck? The mattress in the shelter a little too lumpy?

  Richie Aprile : [Referring to Janice]  We're adults, and we got history together

  Tony Soprano : Yeah: Israel and fuckin Palestine

  Richie Aprile : People change. I was away a long time, I thought a lot about her

  Tony Soprano : Ten years, you thought about Janice? There are men in the can better looking than my sister. I hope you're not thinking about moving in here

  Richie Aprile : It's late, I slept over. We're taking it slow ok? Picking up where we left off

  Tony Soprano : High school: grabbing blowjobs on my mother's couch

  Richie Aprile : You crossed the line on me once, I held my tongue, she may be your sister, back the fuck off... all due respect

  Tony Soprano : [Sternly]  respect? What the fuck do you know about respect? I put you back in business you cocksucker

• Tony Soprano : [Meeting privately]  Let's walk. I need you to head out to Newark for me

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : Airport?

  Tony Soprano : Alitalia. Friend of ours is coming in

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : Who? Mauro Zucca's wife?

  Tony Soprano : No, Furio

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : [jokingly]  Furio? Coming here? What? To see what indoor plumbing looks like?

  Tony Soprano : I'm making some changes

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : [Sarcastically]  well, thanks for fuckin telling me. When was this decided? Did I do something wrong?

  Tony Soprano : Sunday: my house, a box of Mallomars on the counter, fuckin empty... you think I didn't know it was you?

  Tony Soprano : [When Paulie doesn't respond]  I'm kiddin' with you, you fuck. Him coming over is good: you're getting a bump

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : Fuckin Mallomars, I thought you lost your mind?

  Tony Soprano : Listen, the way things are, I gotta step back, Feds find an excuse and I'll do a dime for jaywalking

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : Not like the old days, huh?

  Tony Soprano : Furio being here frees you up, frees me up. It's me, then you, and Sil together, that's the new pecking order

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : What about Puss?

  Tony Soprano : Pussy reports to you guys, directly, same with Furio

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : [after hugging]  this means a lot to me

• Tony Soprano : This Russian fuck... friggin lucky I didn't get hauled in. I had to run like a bitch from my own leisure time "activities." Carmela would've known who I was on the boat with, ok that's nothing new but my kids?

  Hesh Rabkin : It happens ok?

  Tony Soprano : The fuck is wrong with me?

  Hesh Rabkin : Some kind of "complex"

  Tony Soprano : What kind?

  Hesh Rabkin : You know sleep always helps

  Tony Soprano : You want to go to sleep? Go ahead

• Tony Soprano : [Talking privately]  since I'm here, can I talk to you about something? It absolutely has to stay between us: things are going good. I'm permanently in charge, no trouble there and my family's healthy

  Hesh Rabkin : Uh huh

  Tony Soprano : So why the fuck am I ripping phones out of the wall in front of my kid? Screaming at my sister all the fuckin time when she's totally unimportant to me?

  Hesh Rabkin : You got a lot on your mind

  Tony Soprano : Because I'm the boss? See? That's the point: you never saw Carbo Lucky or Douglas MacArthur going around punchin fuckin walls

  Tony Soprano : [When he doesn't respond]  what if I told you I was seeing a shrink?

  Hesh Rabkin : I had an inkling

  Tony Soprano : Once in a while I get..."anxious", not just in general: no reason. It's like when I'm in my kitchen, all of a sudden I can't breathe alright? It's like I'm suffocating, I get to the point where I fuckin pass out

  Hesh Rabkin : I think your father had the same thing

  Tony Soprano : [Surprised]  my old man had anxiety attacks?

  Hesh Rabkin : Well, in those days we called it a "condition." It didn't happen that often: once or twice a year

  Tony Soprano : Holy shit

  Hesh Rabkin : He cracked his head once on a cigarette machine

  Tony Soprano : Did he go to a doctor?

  Hesh Rabkin : You're father? What're you kidding? It wouldn't have made any difference in those days, they didn't know how to treat that shit

  Tony Soprano : It's not much better now

  Hesh Rabkin : There's an article in the New York Times magazine, they got this machine, they can see images of the brain and how your brain responds to "fear"

  Tony Soprano : [Concerned]  "fear"

  Hesh Rabkin : See, if there's a person listening to a tape of parent criticizing them, I'm talking about an adult mind you, it "fears" them, it kicks right in: you can actually see it in an MRI

  Tony Soprano : I had this fuckin weird dream the other night, I was at the beach but I had a suit on, shoes too