James Gandolfini

I 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.

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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.

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'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.

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I'm an actor... I do a job and I go home. Why are you interested in me? You don't ask a truck driver about his job.

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I dabbled a little bit in acting in high school, and then I forgot about it completely. And then at about 25 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.

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All writers are vampires.

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You know, all writers are vampires and they'll look around and they watch you when you're not even thinking they're watching you and they'll slip stuff in.

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I just don't think I'm that interesting. I don't think what I have to say is that interesting. To hear me go blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, who... cares?

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I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I was a 260 pound Woody Allen. You can make that 295 pound now.

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Quotes by James Gandolfini