The Sopranos all came down to the writing. I wouldn't have been on for as long as I was if the writing weren't so good.
James GandolfiniI don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally.
James GandolfiniStanding 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 GandolfiniI dabbled a little bit in acting in high school and then I forgot about it completely. And then at about twenty-five I went to a class. I don't think anybody in my family thought it was an intelligent choice. I don't think anybody thought I'd succeed, which is understandable. I think they were just happy that I was doing something.
James GandolfiniI lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican,' but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.
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