>> Kim: ALL RIGHT.
>> Jason: HE IS AN ACADEMY AWARD
NOMINATED ACTOR WHO YOU WILL
RECOGNIZE FROM USUAL SUSPECTS AND BULLETS OVER BROADWAY.
AND BULLETS OVER BROADWAY.
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HIM FROM THE
SHOW MODERN FAMILY.
CHAZ PALMENTERI JOINS US AHEAD
OF HIS SHOW AT THE ANDIAMO
CELEBRITY SHOWROOM. GOOD MORNING!
GOOD MORNING!
>> GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU
GUYS?
>> Jason: GOOD TO SPEAK WITH
YOU.
IT’S ABANDON MINUTE.
THIS IS A ONE-MAN SHOW.
TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
>> IT’S A SHOW I’VE BEEN DOING
FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS, THE
ORIGINAL ONE-MAN SHOW THAT I DID
IN L.A.
THIS IS THE SHOW THAT MADE ME A
STAR.
I WROTE THIS MOVIE ABOUT THE
KILLING I SAW WHEN I WAS A KID
AND I WROTE THIS PLAY, A ONE-MAN
SHOW WHERE I DID THE WELL MOVIE
ON STAGE BY MYSELF AND GOT OFF
AT 250, 500, $1 MILLION.
AND I REFUSED BECAUSE THEY
DIDN’T WANT ME TO BE IN IT
BECAUSE I WAS AN UNKNOWN.
FINALLY, ONE DAY AFTER I TURNED
DOWN THE MILLION DOLLAR OFFER,
ROBERT DE NIRO CAME IN AND SAW
IT AND LOVED IT AND SAID IT WAS
THE BEST ONE-MAN SHOW HE’D EVER
SEEN, AND BOOM, WE MADE THE
MOVIE AND THAT’S HOW MY CAREER
STARTED.
>> Jason: I CAN’T HELP BUT
COMMENT ON YOUR HAT.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?
>> MY DAUGHTER GOES TO MICHIGAN.
>> Kim: GO BLUE!
>> I’M A MICHIGAN DAD.
I’M GONNA TRY TO GO TO THE GAME
ON SATURDAY AND THEN DRIVE AN
HOUR TO WARREN TO DO THE SHOW.
WE’LL SEE.
>> Jason: FANTASTIC!
THE USUAL SUSPECTS IS ONE OF
THOSE MUST-SEE MOVIES NOW
CONSIDERED A CLASSIC.
WHEN YOU WERE WORKING ON THAT,
DID YOU HAVE ANY INCLINATION
THAT YOU WERE A PART OF
SOMETHING SPECIAL?
>> NOBODY EVER DOES, NO.
WE KNEW IT WAS GOOD BUT WE
DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS GONNA BE THAT
GREAT TO WHERE IT WOULD WIN THE
ACADEMY AWARD LIKE THAT.
IT’S A GREAT FILM, A GREAT
WRITER, BRIAN SINGER WHO
DIRECTED IT AND CHRISTOPHER
McGWIRE AND WON THE ACADEMY
AWARD.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE
EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER.
>> Jason: LIVE THEATER VERSUS
TELEVISION OR MOVIES, DO YOU
PREFER ONE OVER THE OTHER?
THE TV, MOVIES, OR STAGE?
>> I LIKE MOVIES AND TELEVISION.
I’M ON A TV SERIES, GODFATHER OF
HARLEM WITH FOREST WHITAKER.
BUT I LOVE LIFE THEATER.
I STARTED IN THE THEATER IN NEW
YORK AND I’D LOVE TO COME BACK.
THE BRONX TALE, I’LL BE DOING IT
AT ANDIAMO’S HERE IN WARREN
MICHIGAN.
IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT, PEOPLE
WHO SAW THE MOVIE AND SAW THE
MUSICAL SAY THAT THE ONE-MAN
SHOW IS THEIR FAVORITE.
SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME
AND SEE IT BECAUSE IT’S -- I WAS
VOTED THE BEST SHOW OF THE YEAR
IN VEGAS.
SO DON’T MISS IT!
>> Jason: THAT’S A GOOD PITCH.
AND SPEAKING OF VIN VENT, HIS
PERFORMANCE AS THE ALIEN IN MEN
IN BLACK, TALK ABOUT AN
OVERLOOKED GEM.
HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN AWARD
FOR THAT.
>> VINCENT IS A BRILLIANT ACTOR
AND DONE MANY THINGS OVER THE
YEARS.
>> Jason: SO OF ALL THE PEOPLE
YOU’VE WORKED WITH THROUGH YOUR
CAREER, WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO
WORK WITH AGAIN AND WHY?
>> UH, I DID FOUR MOVIES WITH
ROBERT DE NIRO, AND I LOVE
WORKING WITH BOB.
WE’RE GOOD FRIENDS, AND I ENJOY
WORKING WITH HIM BECAUSE HE’S A
VERY COLLABORATIVE PERSON AND I
ENJOY WORKING WITH HIM VERY
MUCH.
>> Jason: YOU CAN SEE CHAZ
PALMENTERI IN HIS ONE-MAN SHOW,
A BRONX TALE, THIS SATURDAY AT
THE ANDIAMO SHOWROOM.
WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE
TIME THIS MORNING.