Michael Imperioli sits down to talk with Lydia and Tim. Michael is best known for his starring role as Christopher Moltisanti in the acclaimed TV series The Sopranos, which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Emmy Award.

He also wrote five episodes of the show and was co-screenwriter of the film Summer of Sam, directed by Spike Lee. In addition to appearing in six of Lee’s films, he has also acted in films by Martin Scorsese, Abel Ferrara, Walter Hill, Peter Jackson, and the Hughes Brothers. Lydia and Michael talk about how he started out as an actor, the joys of working with Martin Scorsese, and his debut novel The Perfume Burned His Eyes. This episode was filmed in a noisy back room of the Playboy Club in New York.