James Gandolfini Would Say ‘I F—ing Suck’ Out Loud and ‘Question Himself’ on ‘Sopranos’ Set, Recalls Jamie-Lynn Sigler: ‘I Appreciated That’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director James Gandolfini‘s performance as Tony Soprano on HBO’s “The Sopranos” is often cited as some of the best acting in TV history, but co-star Jamie-Lynn Sigler recently revealed that Gandolfini often questioned himself on the set of the Emmy-winning drama series.
Sigler played Tony’s daughter, Meadow, on the show, which ran for six seasons and 86 episodes between 1999 and 2007. “Jim was the type of scene partner where it felt like he was there and his only intention was to make me as good as I could be,” Sigler recalled on a recent episode of Michael Rosenbaum’s “Inside of You” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly). “And it had nothing to do with him.
Every time I worked with him, I felt like his sole purpose was… ‘I’m going to help you give your best fucking take, Jamie.'” “It had nothing to do with his confidence,” Sigler continued. “He would question himself.
There would be moments where he’d be like, ‘I fucking suck,’ but I appreciated that because I’ve had those thoughts but I didn’t say them out loud because I don’t want anybody to know that I think I suck.
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