Menacing mobsterTony Sopranowas key to the success ofThe Sopranos andJames Gandolfiniknew it.

“That was to make a run at get him to go to a facility for rehab.

And he walked out,” Albrecht said.

Actor James Gandolfini attends the premiere of “Zero Dark Thirty” at the Dolby Theatre on December 10, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

James Gandolfini.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

“Everybody went, ‘Jimmy, Jimmy!’

And he turned to me and he went, ‘Fire me,’ and he left.”

“He probably quit the show every other day.

James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano and Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano seek counseling in HBO’s hit television series, “The Sopranos”

James Gandolfini and Edie Falco in ‘The Sopranos’.HBO

Maybe every day,” said Van Zandt in the doc.

“Every other day we would go to a bar and we would have the exact same conversation.

We’d get drunk and [he’d] say, ‘I’m done.

I can’t, I’m not going back.’

And I would say, ‘Okay, you got a hundred people depending on you here.’

And he’s like, ‘Ah, yeah, yeah, okay.'”

And as an actor, that’s not always a great idea."

The SopranoscreatorDavid Chasewent so far as to liken Gandolfini to the character he so famously portrayed.

“He was really a good guy and really complicated,” Chase said inWise Guy.

That it was too easy for him."

Gandolfini died of a heart attack on June 19, 2013, at the age of 51.

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of his unexpected death, for which several of his costarsshared heartfelt tributes.

“Miss you lots, as do so many on the planet.”