The Mobster & The Lawyer

Quotes

Quotes by Sonny & Alexis:

Sonny: "You should breathe."
Alexis: "Don't tell me when to breathe. I hate losing control."
Sonny: "I know. I'm the same way."

Sonny: "I don't -- I don't think it's that complicated because I think you're very attractive."
Alexis: " I am not attractive. I'm an attorney."

Sonny: "You bear an amazing resemblance to my attor -- "
Alexis: "I said meet me at the warehouse, now."
Sonny: "Maybe it's the neighbor across the hall."
Alexis: "Are you enjoying this?"
Sonny: "You know what? It's coming to me, even with those ugly shades on."
Alexis: "All right, I need to point something out here. You are on the clock, over and above retainer."
Sonny: "You have the face of an angel."
Alexis: "All right, that's it. Now my rates just went up 5%."
Sonny: "Eddie's angel."

Alexis: "Well, there's really no need for that because I'm not practicing criminal law at the moment."
Sonny: "Well, that means we've got something in common because I'm not a criminal."

Alexis: "Is this persistence of yours supposed to be endearing in some way?"
Sonny: "Yes, it has happened that way in the past."

Alexis: "How did you know this was my favorite champagne?"
Sonny: "I didn't."
Alexis: "So you just have good taste?"
Sonny: "Well, I've been accused of that before. "
Alexis: "Not so fast, Mr. Smiley face."
Alexis: "This apartment. Johnny one-note and what's his name, who moved me in here? This champagne. Oh, you're good. You're very good. The old motive within the motive."
Sonny: "I'm not that complicated."

Alexis: " You don’t look any different."
Sonny: "Why would I?"
Alexis: "You survived the ultimate commitment."
Sonny: "Trust me, Alexis, a marriage isn’t as traumatic as you seem to think."

Alexis: "You are a man who values your friends -- "
Sonny: "Right."
Alexis: "And I am happy to be one of them, but -- "
Sonny: " Good. Let's not screw that up."

Alexis: "Because, let's be honest, you're a criminal. I mean, you're a very nice criminal, but you are a criminal and you make your living as a racketeer, which would make me a consiglierie -- "
Sonny: "Right. "
Alexis: "Of sorts, and that's not really a career option that I've ever considered. But, you know, then
again -- you know, compared to Helena, you're just a breath of fresh air."
Sonny: "Okay, you know what? Can you just -- first of all, I don't have a consiglierie, okay? I have an
accountant and possibly a lawyer, if you ever learn how to breathe."

Sonny: "I respect your privacy."
Alexis: "You do."
Sonny: "Yeah. "
Alexis: "You know, there are some people that push and they take it as a personal rejection if I don't
respond. "
Sonny: "Well, you would tell me if you wanted me to know."

Alexis: "I see you have black satin sheets."
Sonny: "Their great for sex."

Sonny: "My cars are safe."
Alexis: "Until they explode."

Quotes by Maurice Benard and Nancy Lee Grahn on Sexis:

"There is a lot underneath. My knees were shaking taping it." -MB on the Kristina reveal with NLG, SOW Nov/2004

"Alexis genuinely loves (Sonny)- not in love with him but cherishes him." -NLG SOD Nov/2004

''What's good about Alexis,'' he continues, '' is that there's an intelligence, but there's also a bit of a little girl quality. Maybe some other people might not see it, but I do." -MB (SID 7/01)

''I hear a lot of people like Sonny and Alexis as a couple,'' muses Grahn. ''I think the network is going, 'Oh, now what do we do?' This [romance] came out of the blue, which is what happens in real life.''-NLG (SOW 1/02)

MB,..., supports a Sonny/Alexis pairing, too. ''It's just there,'' he marvels. ''We're in a scene and there's no work. This relationship came subtly - it wasn't forced. It wasn't like, 'OK, let's get a chick and put her here with this guy.' Whatever happens now will make sense.'' (SOW 1/02)

''Alexis is a master of control,'' offers NLG (Alexis). (SOW 1/02)

"I love working with Nancy. She's like a sister... who you want to kiss." -MB

''Nancy brings out the fun side, and Sonny cares about Alexis a lot,'' he offers. ''The fun and the caring is nice and also the teasing that I like to do."-MB (SOW 1/02)

...And fun is a large part of a reason why a number of fans have responded so positive to a potential romance between the lady lawyer and her criminally inclined client. "Maurice and I didn't plan on any of this," assures Grahn. "But I think the audience responded to it because it wasn't spelled out for them." (SOD 10/01)

''I have always played it that Sonny cares a great deal about Alexis'' says MB. ''He likes to have fun with her, first and foremost. I hate to say it, but it's almost like the sister that he thought he never had." (SID 1/01)

''He is attracted to her in certain ways." -MB (SID 1/01)

"It was fun because Nancy helps me be funnier, and I help keep her honest." -MB (SOD 10/01)

"Sonny cares about Alexis. And he knows that she digs him." -MB (SOD 10/01)

"Yes, of course, he would be completely wrong for Alexis, which makes it interesting, and vice versa." -NLG (SOW 2/02)

''Actually, Sonny is stimulated by intelligence. So it isn't just somebody parading around in underwear that turns him on. Somebody has to have some personality. Sometimes that's even better than the obvious." -MB (SID 7/01)

''He doesn't know how to get into her head, really,'' he continues. ''He tries, but she's a different kind of woman. That's interesting.'' -MB (SID 7/01)

"It's clear she has feelings for him, but I don't want a strong, independent woman to become Florence Nightingale. What's unspoken is what makes it attractive to me. Once you start talking about it, you throw water on fire." -NLG (SOW 2/02)

Misc. Quotes:

Sonny: "You want someone to do what you want them to do, all you got to do is convince them that's
the best thing for them. And if that doesn't work, you take away all their other options."

Alexis: "I don't take cases to pursue them, I take them to win." "I will do everything that I can. And you believe me, I will stop at nothing."

Alexis to Carly: "You fool. It would serve you right if I went to Sonny and I told him everything. You think you're unhappy now? How would you like to see my face every day? How would you like to see me and the baby at all of your Thanksgivings or opening presents under your Christmas tree, with a priest at the baby's baptism or sitting together watching a sporting event? You know how traditional he is. How long do you think it'll be before he divorces you and asks me to marry him?" - 7/8/02

"One of the things I'm most excited about is the custody battle for Kristina, the material we're seeing taped right now between Maurice Benard and Nancy Grahn is extraordinary and could win them both emmys." -Brian Frons 11/1/04 sow/sod chat

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