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grant d one of his only in-depth interviews in 2004. >> where were you born? >> new jersey. >> what are your parents names? >> sandra and james. >> and where were they born? sk >> my father was born in italy. and then when he was 2 or 3, he came here. my mother was born in america and moved back to italy when she was 6 months old. and then came back when she was about 20. >> perhaps because of his own ties to the actor studio having studied there himself, gandolfini opened up in the interview revealing a rare look at his early years. >> were you a well-behaved kid? >> up to a point. >> what point? >> high school. >> gandolfini capped his teen angst years earning a bachelor's degree from rutgers in 1983. then he went to new york city to manage a bar. >> the club was straight two

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in "mr. wonderful" and opposite brad pitt in "true romance," his career gained momentum in the mid-90s playing gina davis' boyfriend in angie. >> we're getting married and you can't go out with me no more? >> "term nol velocity" and "crimson tide," the juror, fallen, she's so lovely and several co-starring john travolta including "a civil action" and "get shorty," but it wasn't the big screen where the jersey man would find the role he was born to play. in his late 30s gandolfini landed the role that would make him a star, new jersey mob boss tony soprano. >> you all right? >> my leg is broken. the bone's coming through.

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nights a week, gay two nights a week and kind of everything else two nights a week. so i spent a few years just watching people in amazement. saw a lot of interesting things that i stored up for later. >> encouraged by a college friend and nightclub regular, gandolfini attended his first acting class. >> i went in and i was scared to death. i was shaking. >> terrified. but fascinated and determined, gandolfini would spent e spend the better part of the next decade mastering his craft and finally catching a break in 1992 on broadway. >> i auditioned for the role of steve in streetcar named desire with jessica lang and alec baldwin. >> a few more theater roles would follow before the director was given a role in "a stranger among us." following several smaller roles

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you either fall to the side or you rise to the occasion. and i guess when we just sit in those chairs, i kind of rise to the occasion. he's a brilliant actor to watch. he really is. >> that brilliance earned the actor multiple honors. >> hi. thanks. >> he won a trio of emmys, three screen actors guild awards and a golden globe for his work on the show. after accepting his first emmy in 2000, he spoke to the media backstage. >> i was very surprised. i was shocked. >> on that occasion he offered his own thoughts on tony soprano. >> he tries to do the right thing and screws everything up by doing that. kind of like a ralph cramden kind of honeymooners thing more dangerous. >> in 2003 gandolfini threatened to leave, hbo sued him for breach of contract and the issue

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was settled with gandolfini reportedly doubling his salary to over $800,000 an episode. gandolfini starred in all 86 episodes of the "sopranos" over the course of six seasons. the run ended in june 2007 with an enigmatic cliff hanger. viewers were left wondering if tony soprano lived or died. the conclusion of the "sopranos" was not just the end of an industry changing television phenomenon, it also allowed gandolfini to take his career in new directions. >> he respected the craft of acting, you know, immensely. he took it very seriously. >> now in his 40s he was free to take on non-tough guy characters branching out from his iconic portrayal of tony soprano. most were supporting roles like in 2009 "the taking of pellum" that same year he voiced carol

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justice." the fate of that show is now unclear. fiercely private, gandolfini was known to skirt questions about his family life. >> he never felt prey to the trappings of celebrity. he was never interested in that. he didn't want to do the fame game. >> he leaves behind two children, a teenage son from his first marriage, and a daughter born in october to his second wife, debra lynn. the couple married in hawaii in 2008. dead at just 51, a life and an acting career cut short. some had hoped to see tony soprano again on the big screen. though he was known to shy away from the spotlight, he opened up in an interview with inside the actor studio answering whimsically when asked about the end of his life. >> if heaven exists, what would you like to hear god say when you arrive at the pearly gates? >> take over for a while. i'll be right back. no, no, no, no. >> that's it. >> no, no. >> you dare not change it. it's too good. >> think of the possibilities.

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in "where the wild things are" a movie based on the children's classic book. >> you're king. look at me. i'm big. >> he returned to the stage in the broadway comedy "god of carnage." starring alongside jeff daniels, hope davis, gandolfini played a frumpy businessman earning him a tony nomination. the show itself won a tony for best play of 2009. last year he took on a commanding yet small part as the cia director in "zero dark thirty". >> i want to know more about who's inside this house by the end of the week. >> any time there was a role that needed some kind of a sense of a little bit of menace and authority, he was a good guy to play that. >> the same year the "sopranos" ended, gandolfini stepped behind the lens as executive producer, again for hbo with a live day memories home from iraq. a documentary where veterans opened up about their graphic

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war experiences. his interest in vets went beyond the documentary. in 2010 he traveled with other actors from the "sopranos" to afghanistan on a uso tour. >> it's an honor to meet you. >> he then earned a prism award in 2011 for war torn, 1861 to 2010, a documentary that examined post-traumatic stress disorder especially among soldiers. >> this was something that was definitely a passion project of his. i know in his small community he knew people that were involved in the military. and i think this was his way of drawing attention to it. >> i see a role model. >> continuing his long relationship with hbo, gandolfini teamed up with the network in 2010 this time as craig gilbert. long gone was the mafia persona. instead he plaid e played a beard documentary following in a america's first reality tv show. he was preparing to star in an hbo series called "criminal

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