Michael Imperioli Quotes

I didn't start making a real living until eight or nine years in. Even after 'Goodfellas' came out, I was still working as a waiter, and people would recognize me - that was an odd experience. But when 'The Sopranos' hit, that was like an exponential leap.

Michael Imperioli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1966

Topics

ExperiencePeopleMeStartLiving

You can't be unhappy in the middle of a big, beautiful river.

Jim Harrison

BeautifulRiverUnhappyYouMiddle

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

John Kenneth Galbraith

MindBusyChoiceNeedEveryone

No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots.

Shirley Manson

GirlWomanBootsBigMTVShirley

The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.

Robert Fulghum

MeDownSummerMoodHeavyWinding

My parents had a long and eventful marriage and were always a bit like movie stars to me when they were young.

Monique Roffey

MarriageStarsParentsMeLongLike

People like me who grew up in a working-class town, who don't have a college education, you don't usually hear from us.

Michael Moore

EducationPeopleCollegeMeYouUp

I'm from the burbs. I've been in the hood, but I don't live there. I have lived in the hood, but I don't live there anymore. I lived in Harlem, and that was crazy, even though Harlem is a lot nicer than it used to be.

Jay Pharoah

LiveCrazyHoodLivedUsedBeen

For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.

Jonathan Anderson

CreativeMeProcessInformation

That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option, including the upside and the downside of each.

Dick Thornburgh

FearTruthOptimismWantWhySee

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

Donnie Wahlberg

RealityTableKindTryGroundBring

When I'm on set, I know what I want.

Dee Rees

KnowWantSet

I think the role of science fiction is not at all to prophesy. I think it is to tell interesting, vivid, strange stories that at their best are dreamlike intense versions and visions of today.

China Mieville

TodayScienceBestThinkInteresting

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