Hey, it's Ampera's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. Listen, I love The Sopranos as much as the

next guy. I think it's very obvious watching that show why Tony Soprano was the character that

defined the life of the late actor James Gandalfini. But I recently watched the 2013 movie,

Enough Said. It's a romantic drama comedy that he stars in

opposite Julia Louis Dreyfus, and he's great in it. He's soft and vulnerable and a little

goofy, nothing like the ominous figure he casts as Tony Soprano. It made me really appreciate

what a skilled and varied actor he was, which is the point of the new book

Gandalfini, Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend by Jason Bailey. Uphead, Bailey talks to

and Pierre Scott Simon about some key early moments in Gandalfini's life that turned him into the

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James Gandlefini played Tony Soprano in the HBO series for six seasons ending in 2007.

And the Sopranos was considered an instant classic.

The New Jersey mob family headed by a boss who had to fret about rival mobs, FBI stings,

as well as his own family, all while dealing with growing older and his crime family scrambling to survive.

He tried to work through some of that with his therapist, played by Lorraine Braco.

You know where I was yesterday when you called?

I was outside of a house.

Well, the guy that works for me was inside, beating the guy that owes me money.

Broke his arm.

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