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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: A Look Back at James Gandolfini's Career [Watch (HLS stream): A Look Back at James Gandolfini's Career](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gHYCIFlp.m3u8) (3:42)  _Published 2013-06-20. A look back at James Gandolfini's career_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:36 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [A Look Back at James Nachtwey's Career](/video/xXdV9cmT/) ### A Look Back at James Nachtwey's Career [Gandolfini Family Friend and Doctor Statements](/video/oRpx9x8N/) ### Gandolfini Family Friend and Doctor Statements [Frank Vincent on James Gandolfini](/video/asVO4dWW/) ### Frank Vincent on James Gandolfini --- ## Transcript I'm in the waste management business, everybody immediately assumes you're mobbed up. It's a stereotype, and it's offensive. And you're the last person I would want to perpetuate that. Fine. Tony Soprano, the mobbed up dad with a soft spot the size of New Jersey for his daughter. There is no Mafia. Alright, look. Meg, you're a grown woman. Almost. Some of my money comes from illegal gambling and, and what not. Could be a nasty piece of work. Profane, violent even racist. See I got business associates who are black, and they don't want my son with their daughters, and I don't want their sons with mine. In the hands of James Gandolfini, Tony Soprano the thug became human, familiar, vulnerable. Maybe in spite of ourselves, likable. You know, not all impotence is a result of medication. You're saying there's something wrong with me? When's the last time you had a prostate exam? Hey, I don't even let anybody wag their finger in my face. In 2000, when he won his first Emmy for the role. And the Emmy goes to James Gandolfini. [ NOISE ] His reaction says it all. The son of a bricklayer makes good. His acceptance speech humble, almost shy. Classic Gandolfini. I can't really explain this except for I think the academy has an affinity for slightly overweight bald men. Nominated six times for his portrayal of Tony Soprano, he won three. Here's how the former bouncer and night club manager described the character on his first win. Or he tries to do the right thing, and screws everything up by doing that. Kinda like a Ralph Kramden, kind of, honeymooners kind of things, it's a little more dangerous, that's all. The New Jersey native had range. Spot on, as then CIA director Leon Panetta in Zero Dark Thirty. And all too believable, New York City Mayor, in The Taking of Pelham 123. What happened? Somebody just hijacked a six train. It stopped in the tunnel between 51st and 42nd. Another idiot with a gun. He could even play wickedly funny nominated for a Tony for his role as a Brooklyn parent in God of Carnage. Your virtue went straight out of the window once you decided to be a killer. I absolutely did not murder the hamster. Or the peace in general in the British comedy, In the Loop. How's the Pentagon? It's kicked up a little. They're talking in Beijing. Reasonably seriously. His interest in the military went beyond fiction, producing two HBO documentaries about the effects of war on the men and women who fight them. He visited troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Here is from a USO Tour in 2010. I always like coming out here to the bases I think it's a good change of pace for the guys and the ladies, and I know that it makes me appreciate the whole thing more. Twice married with two kids, Grandalfini mostly stayed away from the lime light. He spoke to James Lipton in 2004. Finally Jim if heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? Take over for a while. I will be right back [ LAUGH ]. No, no, no, no, no. You dare not change it. It's too good. It's too good. Think about the possibilities. Grandolfini who spent part of his younger years in Naples, Italy was set to receive an award that Taormina Film Fest in Sicily when he died, saying good- bye won't be easy. Leo Marcus, CNN, Hollywood. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Look Back at James Gandolfini's Career","description":"A look back at James Gandolfini's career","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gHYCIFlp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-06-20T15:08:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gHYCIFlp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/gHYCIFlp/","duration":"PT3M42S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/gHYCIFlp/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```