Hoodlum to boxer, painter. writer, Marine, lover, to iconic, Academy Award-nominated actor, Burt Young, has lived a life bursting with color, much like one of his stunning works of art. From the soaps to Chinatown, Nicholson, to a fateful meeting with a young, then unknown, Sylvester Stallone, who wrote a part with him in mind, Burt was the only actor who didn’t audition and earned more than the writer, director, and star himself, in Rocky. Paulie a role which would come to define him. Where did Burt end and Paulie begin… it’s a fine line… one he would draw 6 times, culminating in Rocky Balboa, perhaps the sweetest of the lot since its first beginnings.

Starting out stealing watches, dropping out of our mutual alma mater. Newtown High School, Burt joined the Marines at 15, with his father’s more than blessing, he helped him… to get young Burt off the streets and out of trouble. There were 18 pro fights, undefeated, an exhibition with Mohammed Ali, his hero, which Burt won, to falling for a broad who wanted to study with Lee Strasberg. To get the girl, Burt got in and joined Marilyn Monroe, who he dated, and Jane Fonda… I’ll let Burt tell that one… Strasberg’s words to the shy, quiet, Burt are prophetic. Burt set out to prove him right. From The Pope of Greenwich Village, Once Upon A Time in America, Back To School, The Sopranos.. way too much work to mention. Co-starring with Nicholson, Duvall, Roberts, Alda, Dangerfield, Caan, Gandolfini, Giammitti… the list far too long to list… the women… Talia Shire, for one, together for 11 years, much to Sly’s chagrin… to his current Valentine who he’s off to NY tomorrow to woo… there have been quite a few. He likes them young for their bravery and their… tune in for that.

A soft-spoken sweetheart of a man, Burt’s internal portraits run as rich as those he paints on canvas.

Loved the time we spent… look to forward to his visit to the Living Room for Women Who Write on March 26th. For those of you across the pond, Burt will be at the Liverpool ComiCon on March 9th and 10th. Not sure I’ve met anyone warmer and more welcoming. Go say hello, He gives great hug. And talk… fascinating, multi-talented, multi-faceted man whose success thrives on his ongoing drive, currently 9 new projects in the can, and I suspect from his knowing confidence that he’s got what to share. Impossible to not adore the man. Why try.

Burt Young​ on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Wed, 2/13/19, 7 pm PT/ 10 pm ET

With Pete George​

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