Standing in public in other people's clothes, pretending to be someone else. It's a strange way for a grown man to make a living.
James GandolfiniPeople don't know and they shouldn't know that you work incredibly hard as an actor.
James GandolfiniWork-do plays, learn your craft, and go to school. Keep working. Nobody is going to give you jobs for going to parties or any of that nonsense. Go out, look around, do things.
James GandolfiniThis is gonna sound stupid, but I saw at one point that our mothers are ... bus drivers. No, they are the bus. See, they're the vehicle that gets us here. They drop us off and go on their way. They continue on their journey. And the problem is that we keep tryin' to get back on the bus, instead of just lettin' it go.
James Gandolfini