Fishwrapper put together a compilation of quotes of the late great James Gandolfini who passed yesterday in Italy at the age of 51. See the words of the mastermind himself below. He will be missed greatly.
From “The Sopranos” —
On surfing the ‘net: “Log off. That ‘cookies’ sh-t makes me nervous.”
On mothers being bus drivers: “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.”
On respect: “Those who want respect, give respect.”
On losing teeth: “There’s an old Italian saying: you f–k up once, you lose two teeth.”
On seeing the positive amidst all the negative: “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.”
Based on real-life experience:
On losing weight for a role: “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.”
On his future choices in movie roles: “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.”
On his perception of himself: “I just don’t think I’m that interesting. I don’t think what I have to say is that interesting. To hear me go blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, who… cares?”
On life: “It is a dark, dark world. If you’re going to be in a dark world, I can’t think of any better one to be in. I still think I’m very lucky to be in it.”
