The Sopranos (TV Series)
Watching Too Much Television (2002)
Robert Iler: A.J. Soprano
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Quotes
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Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : So that's a crack 'ho.
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Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : [after Tony pulls over in a poor neighborhood] now what?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : what, you afraid?
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : right, like I haven't seen places like this before
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : you see those houses over there? I'm buying them
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : those crappy ones? What for?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : for an investment, what've I been saying?
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : I don't know
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : real estate, buy real estate
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : dad, the black dude's coming over
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [after Tony rolls down the window] hey, what's up?
Jemilo : [asking him if he's a police officer] sup? 5-0?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [jokingly, gesturing to AJ] uh, yeah, I'm Starsky and this is Hutch
Jemilo : [referring to the narcotics his selling] smoke, crack, or crank?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : no, thank you: we're just having a look around
Jemilo : yeah, no "eye-in, if you ain't buy-in"
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : I thought this was a free country?
Crackhead : unless you want "something", motherfucker, get the fuck off our street
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : oh, the language on you, you "blow" your father with that mouth?
Jemilo : the fuck you just say to my sister?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : take it easy, I don't want no trouble, I'm just showing my son the "old neighborhood"
Jemilo : [shows him his gun underneath his shirt] yeah, well, this our neighborhood now, guinea motherfucker
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [nods, before rolling up the window and driving away] yeah, I can see that
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Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [while in downtown Newark] See that church? Your great grandfather helped build that almost eighty years ago: he was a stonemason, the old man, came over from Avellino with four dollars in his pocket
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : yeah, but I saw in a book where you could get a hotel room for like ten cents a week back then. Room service must've been one or two cents a meal?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : room service? I'm talking history here, your family's history, Newark's history
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : who gives a shit about Newark?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : I'm making a point: this neighborhood used to be beautiful, a hundred percent Italian. In the 1920's, most of them right off the boat, most Italians couldn't even find a church that wanted them. So, what did they do? Did they cry? Did they go to the government with their hand out? No, they took care of their own problems. They said "You don't want us in your church? Fine, we'll build our own, a better one." Look at all these buildings around here, most of them are falling down to the ground but that church is still standing, you know why?
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : [confused] the bricks?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : because our people give a shit, that's why. Every Sunday, Italians from the old neighborhood drive miles to come here to pray: to keep this place alive
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. : so, how come we never do?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [ignores his question] buy land, because God isn't making any more of it
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : [after AJ rolls his eyes] hey, this is advice I'm giving to you as your father