James Gandolfini 1961 - 2013

James Gandolfini, de geniale acteur met een prachtige staat van dienst, is niet meer. Hoogtepunt van zijn carrière was ontegenzeggelijk zijn rol als maffialeider Tony Soprano in The Sopranos. Hoogtepunt daarvan volgens velen waren de gesprekken met zijn psychiater Dr. Jennifer Melfi. Hier enkele fragmenten: Dr. Jennifer Melfi: Are you still taking the lithium? Tony Soprano: Lithium, Prozac. When's it gonna end? Dr. Jennifer Melfi: We're trying to give a jolt to your system. Give it a... a little kick-start. Tony Soprano: Why don't you kick me in the fuckin' head? Dr. Jennifer Melfi: I know what you're going through must be painful. Tony Soprano: This isn't painful. Getting shot is painful. Getting stabbed in the ribs is painful. This shit isn't painful. It's empty... dead. Tony Soprano: You know where I was yesterday when you called?... I was outside a whorehouse, while a guy that works for me was inside beating the shit out of a guy that owes me money. Broke his arm. Put a bullet in his kneecap. Dr Jennifer Melfi: How'd that make you feel? Tony Soprano: Wished it was me in there. Dr Jennifer Melfi: Giving the beating or taking it? Dr. Jennifer Melfi: Let's get back to Pie-O-My, it's sad that you lost something you loved. That being said, it is a horse. Tony Soprano: What the fuck's the matter with you?