The Sopranos (TV Series)

All Happy Families (2004)

David Strathairn: Robert Wegler

Quotes 

• Tony Soprano : [while in Wegler's office, jokingly, referring to AJ]  let me guess, he called the English teacher "daddy-o?"

  Robert Wegler : [to the three of them]  the "thing" is, we are rapidly approaching crisis mode here with these grades and "time is of the essence"

  Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano, Jr. : can I ask a question? I handed in my final list of colleges, did you get that?

  Robert Wegler : yes, we've talked about this. So, Ramapo and Trenton State and our "reach" schools are University of Arizona and Arizona State

  Tony Soprano : [to Wegler]  yeah, I'm gonna take him out there after I drive him around to the ones in New Jersey

  Robert Wegler : if either of the Arizona's his got his heart set on, his not going to get in with these grades and I know about football Anthony, I'm sorry, it's not enough

  Tony Soprano : he says his trying his best

  Robert Wegler : SAT-wise, 505 and 430, I think we can "edge up" the math into the fives in the next round: providing Anthony feels he can "bear down" his focus

  Tony Soprano : his had trouble with that before. Remember Carm, when they thought he had ADD?

  Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano, Jr. : [to Tony]  you didn't tell me that

  Robert Wegler : Anthony, what'd you say you head on back to class, let us talk?

  Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano, Jr. : but if I'm "learning disabled", I get unlimited time on my SAT's

  Carmela Soprano : [to Wegler]  is that true?

  Robert Wegler : [to Tony and Carmela, then nods to AJ to imply to him to leave]  let's talk about that later

  Robert Wegler : [to Tony and Carmela, after AJ leaves]  so, you had time to talk to Dr. Rapkey about last week's testing results?

  Carmela Soprano : [while taking out the report and reading from it]  yes, she says Anthony has good "interpersonal skills", she said it's effect was "constricted", she called it but that was "normal" for a teenager and all and all, he seems to be handling the split "well", and this is not to say I get a ration of shit in every conversation, pardon my French

  Robert Wegler : well, still, there's this "thing" with his grades. Do you think it would be a benefit for him to see a psychologist on a regular basis?

  Robert Wegler : [after noticing Tony sighs and chuckles to himself]  you don't approve of therapy?

  Tony Soprano : I think we use it as a crutch and I always wonder what happened to Gary Cooper? The strong silent type?

  Robert Wegler : [amused]  well, Gary Cooper wasn't a sixteen-year-old boy

  Tony Soprano : he was at one time

  Carmela Soprano : I'm gonna have to agree with my husband here: we sent our daughter to an adolescent development mentalist and it was a disaster. I know my son, his just lazy, we gonna get him a different SAT tutor and I'm gonna stay on him and his gonna work harder and that's that