not all about the big italian guys going out to decide how to kill people. there were layers and sensitivity. i think in the first episode he looks at lorain rocco and says, whatever happened to larry cooper? we are also in touch with our feelings and that set the tone for the kind of character he was going to be. incredible show with a lot of great people in the cast and directing, but he was the center of it. the father of the modern golden age of television without a doubt. and an incredible actor, i was looking last night on youtube at scene after scene, including the final scene, and the guy is perfect in every scene. such a craftsman. every scene with drama, emotion, humor, he was asked why he didn t do comedy, and he said, people didn t really ask him. but that show was really funny, brilliantly funny along with everything else. willie, you talked about the layers, his relationship with his children and the guys in the
is very, very good, when an actor is wonderfully trained and combines it with a great natural talent, what we think we ll be watching is that it was easy. it makes it look easy and that s desentive. yes, he was tony soprano and tony soprano was james gap dofl kn gandolfini, but the movement between him and the character was extremely smooth and only well trained actors are able to do that. ken, it s really a simple formula if you want to change television. just have a genius like david chase, team up with a genius like james gandolfini. then you look at the cast, edie falco, i have not seen the sopranos in a couple years. we have been showing clips and it took my breath away how
offensive. and you re the last one i want to perpetuate it. fine. the entertainment world is reeling today on the news of the passing of james gandolfini who died up expected of cardiac arrest while vacationing in italy. what gandolfini established with hbo was nothing short of a tv revolution. david chase remembers him as a jeeps you actor and by any measurement his role as tony soprano broke ground for tv dramas. i came in today to tell you, in all seriousness, that i m done. i did what you said. i gave it a lot of thought and i decided, once and for all, it s over. the truth is, this therapy is a jerk-off. you know it and i know it. americans found themselves rooting for a villain, a mob
you paid the check? i figured since you re always so generous, i should reciprocate. you re lucky you don t get your head handed to you. dad. let s get something straight. you eat. i pay. mr. soprano. no, when you have your own family, you pay. we re going to be talking about the life and career of james gandolfini who somehow made us relate to a mafia kingpin. what an extraordinary actor. what a sad ending. i am an american success story. i m a teacher. i m a firefighter. i m a carpenter. i m an accountant.
working the night before and the actions of the character. what he was doing was bringing to life what the writer had written and what the director had asked for. that may sound dull, they may sound like a rather flat answer, but it s not. it has everything to do with the success of his work and the success of the show. yes, he possessed it in himself, but he possessed many things of himself. take a look at his movie the mexican, who did he play? a gay hitman. he created that and was able to do anything he had his mind to because he was so technically strong and because he was so well prepared. two years he studied with the sanford meissner school. and that eclipses one. and we know their names and admire them out of meissner. and that, i think, is the remarkable thing about him. and the thing we have to remember is that when an actor