Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.
James GandolfiniI just think its the changes that age brings. You slow down a little bit ... the writers are smart enough to write all those changes that life gives you.
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 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