it's a funny thing how sometimes life imitates art ... Within The Sopranos, Paulie Walnuts often functions as a conduit for an older, perhaps more performative, version of gangster masculinity.

He was 79. Sirico’s Paulie Walnuts, a bombastic and ferociously funny foot soldier to James Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano with one-liners like no one else, was a “Sopranos” scene-stealer from ...

According to David Chase, the only time an actor ever convinced him to change a line of dialogue on The Sopranos was when Tony Sirico, deeply resentful that his character, Paulie, a mob captain ...

The “Goodfellas” star added: “He was a bit of a hypochondriac, he was kind of paranoid and kind of egotistical and like Paulie Walnuts and, that made for a lot of fun and funny moments.” ...

This is Paulie Walnuts.” I’m really gonna miss that ... just to make sure everyone in the room heard him being funny. Was that something you invented, or something Tony did?

Actor Tony Sirico, best known for his portrayal of the wise-cracking Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on ... deeply loyal and kind. And so funny. It’s a heartbreaking loss.” ...

Sirico portrayed "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri on the HBO series ... He was so uproarious, so funny, so talented. I’m very happy for him that in his mid-50s and 60s he finally learned how talented ...