Martin Scorsese, the renowned director of gangster films, admitted in a 2019 interview with Sight & Sound Magazine that he couldn't identify with the characters in The Sopranos. Despite being a major influence on showrunner David Chase, Scorsese struggled to connect with the series due to the different generation of mobsters depicted and the explicit language used by the characters. However, there are still similarities between Scorsese's work and The Sopranos, and it is suggested that if Scorsese had given the show a chance, he may have become a fan.