especially what he put into tony soprano to make tony soprano e iconic. what s interesting is, he was always so gracious when people came up to him. he couldn t go anywhere in new york city without anybody stopping, wanting to get their picture taken with him, talk to him. he had time for everybody. i never saw another man like that. i ve seen lots of actors and celebrities. at some point you have enough. jim was always willing to share and talk with anyone. john, this is ari in washington. i want to ask you, why do you think so many people felt like they knew him? they did. this helped when we were making the documentaries because even though the stories that jim was eliciting were of hurt, pain, very, very personal stories, they felt like they knew him. he was in your living room every single sunday. i didn t watch any tv shows. i shouldn t say this. i didn t watch any other tv