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>> Stephen: HE'S GOT A SHOT AT TWO.
HE'S GOT A REAL SHOT AT IT.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
HEY, WELCOME BACK! THERE YOU ARE!
FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "FACE/OFF,"
"AMERICAN HUSTLE," AND "DISOBEDIENCE."
HE NOW STARS IN "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK."
>> YEAH, WELL, THEY'RE HOT.
>> THEY FELL OFF THE TRUCK.
>> FAR OUT, MAN.
OH!
10-INCH WOOFERS.
>> I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
I CAN'T GET CAUGHT WITH THIS.
>> THIS ISN'T WHOLESALE.
>> YOU WANT TO BE A CIVILIAN, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M ALL FOR IT.
BUT PAY ATTENTION TO ME FOR OCE, OKAY.
YOU TAKE THE SPEAKERS, RIGHT?
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU PROMISE YOU SAY TO YOURSELF,s THIS IS
THE LAST TIME I'M EVER GOING TO STEAL SOMETHING.
AND YOU STICK TO IT.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ALESSANDR
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HAVE A SEAT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK," FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT YET, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY,
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS TALKING.
NOW, YOU PLAY DICKIE MOLTISANTI, WHO IS REFERRED TO IN "THE
SOPRANOS" AS BEING TONY SOPRANO'S MENTOR, HIS UNCLE.
IS IT TRUE YOU HAD NEVER SEEN AN EPISODE OF "THE SOPRANOS" BEFORE
YOU AUDITIONED FOR THIS PART?
>> THIS HAS BECOME A BIG STORY.
>> Stephen: THAT IS-- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT IN ITALIAN.
>> LOOK, I HAD GROWN UP KNOWING THAT THIS WAS A SEMINOLE SHOW
AND IT USHERED IN THIS ERA OF CULTURAL RELEVANCE FOR
TELEVISION.
>> Stephen: THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION.
>> BUT I WAS AN OUT-OF-WORK ACTOR LIVING ON CHRISTOPHER
STREET, AND I DIDN'T HAVE CABLE.
SO I-- WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?
BUT I-- YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SENT ME THE SCENES TO AUDITION FOR
THE ROLE, I-- YOU KNOW, I TAKE THESE AUDITIONS VERY SERIOUSLY
THESE DAYS.
AND I--
>> Stephen: JUST RECENTLY?
>> AT MY AGE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY.
THEY DON'T COME AROUND ALL THE TIME.
SO I BINGE WATCHED THE FIRST SEASON.
AND -- >> Stephen: PRETTY GOOD,
PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?
>> COME, ON IT'S-- IT'S LIFE CHANGING.
>> Stephen: HAVE THE SEEN "STAR WARS"?
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, TOO.
"MASH" WAS A GOOD SERIES, TOO.
>> "STAR WARS" WAS IN THEATERS WHEN I WAS A KID.
THAT'S HOW OLD I AM.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND.
>> SO I WATCHED IT AND LAID DOWN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY
BAD-ASS TAPE FOR DAVID CHASE.
AND THEN I INVITED ETHAN HAWKE OVER, MY FRIEND WHO LIVES DOWN
THE STREET, AND ASKED HIM TO TAKE A LOOK.
AND HE WATCHED IT, AND HE SAID, "WOW, THAT'S-- YEAH, THAT'S
GOOD."
( LAUGHTER )
>> BECAUSE I HAD SHOP HIM EVERY OTHER TAPE THAT I'D DONE, AND I
NEVER GOT THOSE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
BUT STICK AROUND, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE ALESSANDRO
NIVOLA.
( APPLAUSE ).
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