Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people. James Gandolfini More Quotes by James Gandolfini More Quotes From James Gandolfini I like idiotic comedies. James Gandolfini idioticcomedy I have a little bit of a temper, but it's ... a useless temper, ... It doesn't accomplish anything, generally. It's just a lot of ranting and raving and nothing, so David (Chase) probably saw that and put it into the character. James Gandolfini sawsuselesscharacter I have nothing but respect for HBO. James Gandolfini hbo 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. James Gandolfini playcharactermen Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make. James Gandolfini motherfathermoving 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. James Gandolfini mafiacharacterthinking Actors will say, 'My character wouldn't say that.' Who said it was your character? James Gandolfini actorssaidcharacter I find it hard to relax. I live in New York. James Gandolfini hardrelaxnew-york I love doing theaters, cracking people up, hearing them physically roll in the aisles. But we need to get serious. These are serious times. No joke. No joke. James Gandolfini hearingpeopleneeds This 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 journeystupidmother I've never worked with an actor that I did not like. James Gandolfini actors 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. James Gandolfini poundskidsschool I like the prop food so much that I eat it between takes as well as on camera. James Gandolfini propswellscameras I 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 Gandolfini smartwritingthinking 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. James Gandolfini vampireghoulsthinking I like dark places. James Gandolfini placeslikedark-placesdark 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. James Gandolfini thinkfamilyhappyschool I'm not a big, three-hour-play, Ibsen-revival kind of man. James Gandolfini bigmankind
