When you see the difference in character to how James Gandolfini is in real life to Tony Soprano you can appreciate with no question, that he was truly one of the greatest actors of all time! Phenomenal. Especially to take on that roll for 6 long seasons. God bless this man, we miss you!
Yet when I got to interview James for my Journalism class (NJ college) I got too shy and just stood there looking at him between looking at my notes and the other student actually interviewed him, but he kept on giving me this sweet smile...and he was so generous with letting us interview him!! What a sweetie, may he RIP!
Someone shy would never be a lead actor unless they were such a good actor which he was that he could have even faked it when he walked out of his house to become the parts he became. Maynard James Keenan for such a public and outgoing job he is very introverted too and some could say he is shy too. It is amazing in a way how both of them became what they did as they are.
James doesn't like people annoying him, There's a video of a guy filming the street and James happened to be there, he thought he was filming him, so James went to him and yelled at him
I feel so emotinal watching these. It is so rare that someone that talented and famous can remain humble like he did. Hollywood truly lost a gem of an actor when he died 😪
Lol yes Hollywood truly lost a great actor and also Houston and Honolulu. Although the show was produced by a company with headquarters in NYC and was filmed in NJ and NYC with mostly actors born, raised and still living in NJ and NYC, including James Gandolfini. RIP.
You have a Like for your Comment but i cant agreed for 100% because there are two Peoples which i love like James when it comes to GangstermovieGenre : ROBERT DE NIRO and AL PACIONO!
@@davidich3537 You clearly haven't seen or don't understand Taxi Driver and The Godfather. Brando actually played the stereotype in the Godfather. Pacino played a kid who just wanted a normal life but eventually felt bound by duty to enter "the life." Gandolfini was brilliant but De Niro and Pacino are on another level.
@@tr00logic4 deniro is a Dick. Always with his deformed signature face and same mimics over and over . ONE of the movies he really banged was Raging bull & heat
Objectively she's a 6 at best. Even with all that makeup she still looks a little manly. Nothing wrong with that but if that's what passes for "wow" nowadays then I'm at a loss.
somehow she is more beautiful in real life. what a smile
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Agreed. I never found her attractive in the show but she definitely is here. She's very well dressed and has a much more pleasant personality than her character, that's probably why.
A big, beautiful, talented, humble man. Very missed. I look forward to seeing his son act as young Tony in the The Many Saints Of Newark. :') He's not going to look much different from how his father looked in the first season of the Sopranos when he gets to that age.
James my entire childhood I would hear the sopranos theme song blasting from the downstairs TV and only till now, 2024 I started and completed the whole series, felt like it has been in my life since I was very small and I thank you and all of the crew for a fucking amazing show 25+ years later. RIP mate
Humble is a better word than shy. Deflecting praise to everyone else. Asking non-leads to be interviewed to give their perspective. Even if it simultaneously satisfies his introverted nature I don't think shy is the best characterization
He had NO IDEA how GREAT HE WAS, maybe to his chagrin, that only made him GREATER; and even though people constantly reminded him of it, he STILL refused to be anything but solid to the ground humble and shine the light on "actual heros" like our soldiers, etc. That isn't what makes a man good, that is what makes a man GREAT.
He was such a genius at acting he hated fame which is what made him so likable James Gandolfini was himself he didn't all that fake Hollywood crap he just liked to act RIP
James wasn't in touch with his feelings. He just did what he had to do. See, what they didn't know was once they got James Gandolfini in touch with his feelings that they wouldn't be able to shut him up! And then it's dysfunction this, and dysfunction that, and dysfunction vaffancul!
Now that i think about it, whenever Tony was talking about Gary Cooper he was also refering to James Gandolfini... The strong silent type, did what he had to do
i read somewhere that did not like doin interviews and it shows. which is fine with me . so sad that he passed away . this will always be one on my fav shows ever !
Cool dude obviously he didn’t... he never did one single late night show with letterman, Leno, kimmel, Conan, none of them. And he was on one of biggest shows at the time
Thats awesome about James, other actors want the spot light and talk to the press, but James brings in his fellow actors to talk instead of him. Cuz of shyness but I think he wants them to take the spotlight, everyone wants to talk to James.
I’m sure she knows, but on the other hand she needs to interview him. We don’t know if off camera she apologizes for keeping him so long. She knows her job can require her to be a bit pushy. It’s tough.
It’s literally her job to get good interview footage, plus the actors are on the red carpet where they expect to encounter this sort of thing. It’s not like she ambushed him at a restaurant or something. I thought she pushed reasonably hard to get some quotes out of him and she read him well enough to say “What’s the weirdest part of celebrity? ...besides this?” And frankly, thank goodness she did press a little, because now that he’s gone, footage of what he was like in person is few and far between.
@@andyspendlove1019 I agree with your observation but I believe mr gandolfini went as far as he could with the interviewer as the interview had run it’s course and the questions became rather boring.
I’ve always wondered how that works. Acting at such an elite level, I would think, takes being able to be completely comfortable with yourself and doing things in front of people. I can’t imagine being asked to cry or fight or feign like I’m having sex or any of the other things actors have to do (convincingly I might add) in front of people on set. James could do all that but talking to people on the red carpet made him nervous? The human psyche is so interesting.
I think it's different when you're reciting a script and working with other professionals, versus having to answer questions of an idiot interviewer. As an actor you trust that the people around you are there to help you and make you look good... with interviews like this it is practically the opposite.
----Why? Your father must have been rough on you.... unless you're speaking of “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt” ― Mark Twain
