Robert De Niro — who’s headlined his fair share of mob classics, including “The Godfather Part II,” “Goodfellas,” “Casino” and “Analyze This” — never saw a single episode of “The Sopranos.”

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“I assume you watch TV,” Marvin Shanken, editor of Cigar Aficionado, asks De Niro in the magazine’s October issue after warning, “I’ve done quite a few interviews. I’ve never worked so hard preparing for you.”

“Not much, but it depends,” De Niro says of his TV viewing.

Shanken: “Did you ever watch ‘The Sopranos?’ ”

De Niro: “No.”

Shanken: “Interesting. So my next question . . . ”

De Niro adds of David Chase’s HBO series, “I heard about it. It was very good.”