The Sopranos (TV Series)
Eloise (2002)
Aleksa Palladino: Alessandra
Quotes
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Carmela Soprano : So Finn, Meadow's telling me your going skiing?
Finn Detrolio : For four days next week a whole bunch of us: a friend of my dad has a cabin near Montreal. You can ski right onto the trails
Meadow Soprano : I saw the pictures, there's this humongous stone fire place
Carmela Soprano : Just be careful with all the accidents you read about: Sonny Bono
Tony Soprano : How about you Alex? Do you ski?
Alessandra : I used to, my family had a retreat near the Pyrenees
Tony Soprano : Pyrenees?
Meadow Soprano : Aless is descended from Spanish royalty
Tony Soprano : Seriously?
Colin McDermott : She's our little princess
Alessandra : My great, great grandmother was a countess
Carmela Soprano : [to Meadow] you should've told me you were living with royalty
Tony Soprano : My daughter's an Italian princess, does that count? My wife too for that matter
Meadow Soprano : There's more chicken if anybody wants?
Tony Soprano : Yeah I'll take a little more
Finn Detrolio : [Including him into the conversation] so AJ, your a junior?
A.J. Soprano : Next year
Finn Detrolio : Are you looking at any schools yet?
A.J. Soprano : Not really, I'll go to Rutgers I guess
Meadow Soprano : Are you passing everything?
A.J. Soprano : I got a C on a paper I did on Billy Budd
Carmela Soprano : [Disappointed] A C?
Tony Soprano : [to Carmella] he usually gets D's and F's, what's with you today? You ok?
Carmela Soprano : You worked so hard on it, why only a C?
A.J. Soprano : I don't know
Finn Detrolio : Did you like Billy Budd?
A.J. Soprano : It was ok. My teacher said it's a gay book
Carmela Soprano : Mr. Wegler? Oh that is ridiculous
Finn Detrolio : [while Colin and Aless nod] I've heard that before
Carmela Soprano : That was written when? The nineteenth century?
A.J. Soprano : Yeah, I didn't even know they had fags back then
Meadow Soprano : [Chastising him for saying something offensive] AJ
Tony Soprano : [to Colin] no offense
Colin McDermott : Oh, I'm not gay
Tony Soprano : Your not?
Colin McDermott : No
Finn Detrolio : [Jokingly] I read where they found gay cave drawings in Africa
Alessandra : Really?
Alessandra : [Realizes he was teasing her] shut up
Carmela Soprano : This stuff is pervading our educational system, not to mention movies, TV shows
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Meadow Soprano : What stuff?
Carmela Soprano : This gay nonsense their teaching. I am sorry but Billy Budd is not a homosexual book
Meadow Soprano : Actually, it is mother
Carmela Soprano : I saw the movie Meadow with Terence Stamp
Colin McDermott : Terence Stamp was in the Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Carmela Soprano : I don't know about that but Billy Budd is a story about an innocent sailor being picked on by an evil boss
Meadow Soprano : Who's picking on him out of self loathing caused by homosexual feelings in the military context
Carmela Soprano : Oh, please
A.J. Soprano : OK
Alessandra : Actually Mrs. Soprano, there's a passage in the book where Melville compares Billy to a statue of Adam before the fall
A.J. Soprano : Really?
Tony Soprano : I thought you read it?
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Tony Soprano : so, Finn, where are you from?
Finn Detrolio : my dad was in the navy, I was born in Japan, I spent my first ten years on a base near the Azores
Tony Soprano : so, your dad was a sailor, huh?
Finn Detrolio : surgeon, actually
Carmela Soprano : so, you've been all over the world?
Finn Detrolio : yeah, pretty much
Colin McDermott : I gotta tell you Mrs. Soprano, your daughter absolutely keeps us alive with her cooking
Alessandra : [to Colin] didn't you make macaroni and cheese one night?
Colin McDermott : [jokingly] I didn't wanna brag