Anthony LaPaglia: ‘There is not a role I didn’t get that I ever gave more than four hours of grievance to – even Tony Soprano’

<p>The actor on surviving 2000s network television in Without a Trace, the role that made him take Brad Pitt seriously, and leaving the US to ‘ride out Trump’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/25/saved-for-sunday-newsletter-email-signup-subscribe-guardian-australia-lifestyle-culture?CMP=cvau_sfl">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>I didn’t know before reading your new memoir that you were almost Tony Soprano. Is there a role that you really wanted that you didn’t end up getting?</strong></p><p>It’s not Tony Soprano. There is not a role that I didn’t get that I ever gave more than four hours of grievance to. When I don’t get something, I move on. Because there’s no point. I’m very pragmatic that way. It’s for your own mental health. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/25/anthony-lapaglia-10-chaotic-questions-interview">Continue reading...</a>