James James Gandolfini may be a notoriously reluctant interview subject – answers tend to come out in three words or less – but no one can accuse Tony Soprano’s alter ego of actorly vanity.

“Robert Redford’s in great shape, isn’t he?” Gandolfini said of his legendary co-star in “The Last Castle” (opening Friday), in which Redford – playing an imprisoned three-star general – takes off his shirt to move a pile of rocks.

“And here I am, 20 years younger, and I [look] like a jelly donut in a camouflage outfit!”

Gandolfini, who recently turned 40, then flashed the only smile during a half-hour interview in DreamWorks co-chief Jeffrey Katzenberg’s office on Madison Avenue.

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