David Chase
David Chase
David Chaseis an American writer, director and television producer. Chase has worked in television for 40 years; he has produced and written for such shows as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He has created two original series; the first, Almost Grown, aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. Chase is best known for his second original series, the influential and critically acclaimed HBO drama The Sopranos, which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth22 August 1945
CityMount Vernon, NY
CountryUnited States of America
On the show Tony Sirico is a pillar. Off camera he's a dear friend. This is a great charity, a great day.
He heard us hum maybe three notes and he started humming the whole song. Why he knows it, why people know it, I couldn't tell you. But they really do.
People have the chance to see a possible, potential future for themselves in that, and it has a ripple effect.
I have Tony?s background in my head very clearly. I keep creating his back story as we go along, and it seems like I?m the only one who can do that, or should.
I have no idea what (Campbell and Baker) said, what they told them. I haven't voted for a primary site -- location or site. It's all still in process.
Notre Dame was a big game for us - a statement game. We were still stinging from the loss to Ridgefield. We showed we could beat a quality team.
I don't pretend to have a crystal ball. But I have great confidence that politically they're going to work this out for the children.
I do think I've been part of something extraordinary here.
I don't want to detract from the group's good intentions and time commitment, ... (But) I'm not clear what their mission is.
I don't want to depend on the developer to come back and say, 'This is where we are,' because that never happens.
I mean a couple of years ago (HBO head) Chris Albrecht called me and said we should really seriously think about how long we want to go and how this thing should end. So I took that to heart and thought about it a long time and plotted it out and this will be the end, yeah.
The truth is both, really. Obviously they're all not going to go up in a nuclear cloud.
The truth is both, really. It really is true. It really is true. I mean, obviously they're all not going to go up in a nuclear cloud, but I hope it has both of those things in it.
He believed that it would bring, you know, those elements to the show. I think we have an incredible crew of unbelievable creative people who didn't want to, you know, leave home. And they were willing to work 18 hours a day.