70 Quotes by James Gandolfini

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?

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.

I 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.

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.

I've been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do.

'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.

What they say about TV shows is true. You're really a family. You laugh, you fight, you get close, you know? Movies are shorter. They're over quicker. You don't form the same bonds.

Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.

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.