"James was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes. I remember telling him many times, 'You don't get it. You're like Mozart.' There would be silence at the other end of the phone,"David Chase recalled yesterday, in a statement given to press following the sudden death of James Gandolfini. And it’s hard to disagree that the actor was indeed a composer, crafting performances on the stage and screen that will live far beyond his tragically too brief career.
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James Gandolfini, died suddenly, en route to Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, Italy, to receive the Taormina City Prize and teach a masterclass. The beloved around-the-globe Gandolfini will be forever remembered for his portrayal of anti-hero Tony Soprano, the protagonist and patriarch of HBO's "THE SOPRANOS", the iconic and plethoric New Jersey mob monster we all loved to watch, publicly despise, and secretly identify with.
The show was recently voted as No 1 TV series, since television's inception, from Writers Guild of America."THE SOPRANOS" were created by screenwriter-director David Chase.
During "THE SOPRANOS" 6-year run, he also won three straight Screen Actors Guild Award besides Emmys for lead drama actor.
Sicily's Taormina Film Festival organizes a tribute to the actor.
