A biography for James Gandolfinihasn’t been written yet.
“It is a dark, dark world. If you're going to be in a dark world, I can't think of any better one to be in. I still think I'm very lucky to be in it.”
“All writers are vampires.”
“I'm not a big, three-hour-play, Ibsen-revival kind of man.”
“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.”
“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 like dark places.”
“Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.”
“I want nothing to do with privilege.”
“Putting somebody else's pants on and pretending to be somebody else is occasionally, as you grow older, horrifying.”