though it's obviously a minuscule subset of that background. yet there is a lot of people got upset about this. i think rudy got upset about this in the beginning, and i don't know whether it was the anti-defamation league or the italian thing and all that, but for some reason this thing hasn't caused a stirring opposition by any community, especially the italian-american community. >> let me compare it to a very unlike show, which is "jersey shore." . >> exactly. >> which perpetrated every stereotype about italian americans. and the criticism was unrelenting on that show. the reason why "the sopranos" didn't get the same kind of criticism is because that wasn't the only thing you saw. you saw so much more. you saw the humanity in people. >> the good wife. >> the good wife. the family dynamics, the cultural aspects of it that made it so much more than just a stereotype. >> this is a clip here of james gandolfini's appearance on "inside the actor's studio" with james. it answers the program's signature question. let's listen. >> if heaven exists, what would you like to hear god say when you arrive at the pearly gates? >> take over for a while, i'll be right back.