Joe Pantoliano on Vicki Abelson's The Road Taken

Guido the killer pimp. Ralphie, the killer. Period. Joe Pantoliano, aka Joey Pants, scared me. Joey's appeared in innumerable iconic films of varying genres. His work includes : The Idolmaker(a personal favorite), Risky Business, The Goonies, La Bamba, Midnight Run, Bad Boys I and II, Empire of the Sun, The Fugitive, The Matrix, Memento, and Daredevil, to name but some. Most notably perhaps, his Ralphie in The Sopranos, which earned him a best-supporting actor Emmy. A New York Times bestselling author, when I asked him to read at Women Who Write from his 2nd book, Asylum, chronicling his personal battle with depression, with each question he asked, I began to sweat. I’d hate to get whacked because of my lousy cooling system. He ended up being one of the warmest, earnest, most real and accessible guests we’ve had. Now, some years later, when I emailed him to ask him to guest on TRT, he shot me his digits and picked up the phone as if we’d spoken the day before. He was cooking dinner for his daughter just before our conversation. How can a guy like that scare me? Joey's an open book about his family, career and his battle with depression. He's worked hard at all of them to make them work. He's the founder of No Kidding Me Too ~ The Celebrity Advocacy- To eliminate the shame & obliterate the blame of brain dis-ease. Thoughtful, inspiring, and funny as hell.... the conversation digs deep and soars with levity. He's got a load of work in various stages of production... fan favorite Sense8, and the just dropped, Random Tropical Paradise, which hit theatres last week, to name but two. A lovely, albeit sometimes scary, man, I adore him. You will, too. Or, at least pretend you do... ya know... for your own good. Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken Produced by Louise Palanker Sound edited by Justin Lebens Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj This week's show is sponsored by Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com BROADcast debuts 6/20/17