James Gandolfini would say “I fucking suck” out loud on ‘The Sopranos’ set

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The Sopranos, one of his co-stars has claimed.READ MORE: ‘The Sopranos’ greatest moments – as chosen by ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ castJamie-Lynn Sigler, who played Meadow, the daughter of Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano on the HBO show, said that she felt he was saying it primarily as a way to help his fellow actors.“It had nothing to do with his confidence,” Sigler told the Inside of You podcast. “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.

He was confident enough to say it out loud.”“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,” she continued. “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.’”The Sopranos ran for six seasons, clocking up 86 episodes between 1999 and 2007.It is not the first time that one of Gandolfini’s co-stars has spoken about the actor’s generosity on set.

Last year, Steven Van Zandt, who played Silvio Dante on the show, discussed how Gandolfini gave a $33,000 share of his pay rise to other members of the cast. “He had gotten a big raise and just divided it among the cast.