Michael Imperioli is back for a 3rd time on Really Famous. This time we did it in front of an audience of friends, family and fans of Really Famous and Michael. It was A BLAST. I loved it. There's a lot to explain, and I do it in the intro. Enjoy.

Here, a sample of interesting things Michael says during the show:

• "I got really addicted to the news. Then at some point I realized, 'Oh wow…they really want you to be addicted. They're a business. They want you to sit there as long as possible.'"
• "I question all those things. I don't know. It disturbs me."
• "I open doors for women. If someone has a problem with it and they tell me, then I won't do it anymore. And that's ok."
• "Talking about my career ... I've done that a lot of times, but actually going somewhere and talking about how we view the world is really interesting and engaging."
• "I don't like looking back so much. I really like looking forward. Like if I'm on a train facing the wrong way, I'll get sick."
• "David Chase actually said he doesn't think there would be The Sopranos if there wasn't Goodfellas."
• "As important as your relationship with your teacher is, the relationships you make with people of like mind is very important."

We talk about so much. It's real. Join us.

BONUS GOODIES:

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Actor, singer and telenovela superstar Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin, Broke, La Fea Mas Bella, Coco, Las Pildoras de mi Novio) and I catch up after our last meetup (catch our first podcast here -- https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/jaime-camil).

And it's FUN.

What happens this time around:

• We bond.
• He dishes on -- wait for it! -- a Jane the Virgin sequel!!!!
• We teach each other new words and expressions.
• We analyze fake people vs. real people.
• We get real about how people feel after my interviews.
• I divulge something about a previous interview that maybe I shouldn't have.
• We talk about our last podcast.
• He explains why he doesn't lie.
• I accidentally say something vulgar – and his reaction is priceless!
• We get into:
  • Jason Alexander!!!! Yes, George Costanza from Seinfeld.
  • And Brian Baumgartner! Yes, Kevin from The Office.
  • And his connection with Brooke Shields – on Jane the Virgin and his new movie.
  • Helicopter parenting
  • Marathon Man
  • Laurence Olivier
  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Gina Rodriguez and her outrageously good monologue as Jane Villanueva
• We touch on the acting process and different styles.
• We talk about the end of Jane the Virgin.
• We reminisce about fun Jane the Virgin storylines.
• We analyze Petra.
• We dish on his new CBS sitcom, Broke. April 2 after Young Sheldon, Man With a Plan, and Mom. (PLUM SLOT!)
• We talk about his friends.
• And his family.
• Mexico + Los Angeles + New York.
• What it's like on a multi-city movie promotion tour.
• Fake people vs. real people
• Why this show is called Really Famous. (He absolutely knows.)
• Coffee shop employees
• RBF, aka resting bitch face – and I try to rebrand it.
• A fun fact about Jaime Camil on my Really Famous trailer (watch it here -- https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/trailer ).
• The Zeel massage app
• Maybe we get a little judgy. You be the judge. Lmk what you think by dropping me an email [email protected]
• His connection with Jeremy Renner
• Marvel movies
• Getting angry

BONUS GOODIES:

Join me & Yul Vazquez at our LIVE TAPING on Friday, March 6 in New York City! Get tickets: reallyfamouspodcast.com

See my trailer, with Jaime Camil as the LEAD: reallyfamouspodcast.com/trailer

FUN footage of Jaime Camil & me on my YouTube channel! YouTube.com/reallyfamous

WATCH our entire original interview: https://youtu.be/-BPKIQhKeSc

Listen to my podcast with Anthony Mendez, the Jane the Virgin LATIN LOVER NARRATOR - reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/anthony-mendez

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• Snow Falling paperback - https://amzn.to/2JdTDK4
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Chrissy Snow was just the beginning!

Suzanne Somers, actress, author and entrepreneur, sits down with me and shares some major stories. And there's a surprise twist. Get ready!

We talk:

• Why she was fired from Three's Company
• Being Chrissy Snow
• Her relationship with John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt
• Becoming an outcast
• Her producer who fell in love with her
• And the tumultuous result
• How she made her "dumb blonde" character valuable
• Her next chapter, a Vegas act
• Outtakes, bloopers and Dick Clark
• Getting sued
• Step by Step
• Her relationship with Patrick Duffy
• How the Thighmaster happened
• Having cancer, multiple times
• Being the child of an alcoholic
• Interviewing dozens of doctors for her health books
• Her new book, A New Way to Age
• Unconventional thoughts on cancer treatment
• Alex Trebek
• A mysterious murder
• Complicated feelings toward her father
• A big turn of events

...

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https://youtu.be/SzbTNtMWPBg

Thank you to the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, where Suzanne Somers and I recorded this episode. Check it out: https://strasberg.edu/

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Actress Elizabeth Perkins joins me today! She's on three current TV series (This Is Us, Truth Be Told, A Moody Christmas) and has had a robust career including roles in:

• Weeds
• Sharp Objects
• Big
• About Last Night
• The Flintstones
• Miracle on 34th Street
• Must Love Dogs
• Truth Be Told -- just released on Apple TV+ co-starring Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul
• A Moody Christmas -- a limited series on Fox co-starring Denis Leary
• This Is Us -- she's Rebecca's mom

We cover:

• A very odd fact about Big involving Robert De Niro and Harrison Ford
• Weeds and how weird it was for her daughter after her full frontal nudity
• Tom Hanks
• Her obsession with true crime dramas like Snapped and Making of a Murderer
• Why she's old school
• Why she loves paper clips, post-it notes and staplers
• Her friend Griffin Dunne (a former Really Famous guest!)
• Her close-knit community of actors and peers
• This includes Jeff Perry, Ron and Nancy Perkins, John Malkovich, Diane Lane, Gary Cole, Laurie Metcalf and Charlayne Woodard
• Her former manager, Bernie Brillstein
• Flushing, NY; Vermont; Massachusetts
• Her worst characteristics
• One movie she wishes she didn't do
• Who she thinks she is

Join us!

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I'm kicking off 2020 with a guest who inspires me – and I think will inspire you. I love her perspective, approach to life, insight and authenticity.

Daisy is the host of a new TV show on NBC called A New Leaf, sponsored by Ancestry.com with executive producer Robin Samuels.

Back in the day, Daisy was a hugely popular MTV VJ. Ever since, she's been all over television. She was the host of House of Style, America's Funniest Home Videos, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, her own CNBC talk show called Daisy ... I can go on and on.

Daisy has had an extraordinary life trajectory. She started as a model, accidentally scored a last-minute gig presenting the weather on Telemundo, and pretty much everything blew up from there. We talk about all that, and more.

Like:

• ancestry and DNA testing (hers, mine + other people's)
• how she learned to take advantage of opportunties
• becoming a successful entrepreneur
• making her parents proud
• fame
• social media (really nice fan interactions vs. trolls)
• how Martha Quinn set her up with Richard Marx
• her dating + marriage story with husband Richard Marx
• the universe's little messages
• the law of attraction
• how she envisioned her life, and what actually happened
• fear
• love
• family
• New Jersey

Check your local listings for A New Leaf.

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Icon alert! Ben Vereen. The ultimate Tony Award-winning entertainer, actor, singer, dancer, advocate and life philosophizer (yes he sure is, you'll discover why during this podcast!) and I sit down for a deep dive with insights, laughs and poignancy.

You'll hear Ben get into:

• being plucked off the streets of Brooklyn
• transforming into a star
• his famous teachers and mentors, like Bob Fosse and Langston Hughes
• life philosophies
• how he developed a sense of style
• leaving high school
• getting married at age 17
• getting evicted
• finding out a BIG secret about his parents
• his major, life-changing car accident
• losing his 16-year-old daughter
• how he and his wife coped with the loss
• his thoughts on life and how he keeps moving forward
• what he hopes to pass along to others
• singing!

You know Ben from:

• Pippin
• All That Jazz
• Hair
• Wicked
• Fosse
• Jelly's Last Jam
• I'm Not Rappaport
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Roots
• Magnum PI
• Grey's Anatomy
• How I Met Your Mother
• The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Bull
• Sneaky Pete
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• An Evening with Ben Vereen (get tickets here)

IN THE MEANTIME...

A show!

Let me know (like, right now!) if you want a ticket to my LIVE SHOW with MICHAEL IMPERIOLI. Seating is super limited, so I can't promise, but lmk! [email protected]

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A talented Broadway performer-entertainer!

See my VIDEO interview with RANDY RAINBOW at YouTube.com/reallyfamous.

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Ben Vereen tells a major story about his family!

Watch him tell me at YouTube.com/reallyfamous.

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Danny Aiello was a gift to us all. I'll be forever grateful for the time I had with him. I found out months later that this talk was his final interview. I hope you enjoy it. Danny was spectacular.

From 2019:

Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing + The Godfather Part 2 actor Danny Aiello and I can't stop talking. And it's GREAT FUN.

We sit down in Long Island, as he's shooting a brand-new film from Deirdre O'Connor called One Moment (coming soon!).

We talk + talk + talk ... about things like:

• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Spike Lee
• James Gandolfini
• Martin Scorsese
• Robert De Niro
• Marlon Brando
• Bradley Cooper
• Harvey Keitel
• Tim Roth
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Social media
• Why he can't take a compliment
• Regrets
• Insecurities
• Family

I analyze him. He says, "You're my new therapist!"

He calls me things like "kid," "babe," and "honey" and I absolutely love it. We're buddies. It's like we've known each other all our lives.

Enjoy my friend Danny Aiello!

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• City of Light
• Save the Last Dance for Me

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Marilu Henner (Taxi, Evening Shade, Grease, Chicago) and I talk a mile a minute about EVERYTHING, from her incredible memory (it's called HSAM, or highly superior autobiographical memory) to party games to family to dating John Travolta and a few Taxi co-stars.

Such fun!

We crossed paths in New York City for just a few hours, so we went for it! On a recent Saturday night, we got together and knew our willingness (on both sides) to do this on the fly, between flights to and from Los Angeles, was a sign we'd have a really cool conversation. And we did.

Enjoy!

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James Burrows, possibly the most iconic, respected and talented television directors of all time, is in the building! Actually, I'm in HIS building, aka the NBC/Universal lot, aka the set of Will & Grace.

You know James, aka Jimmy, aka Jim, from these TV shows:

• Cheers
• Taxi
• Friends
• Will and Grace
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Man with a Plan
• Mike & Molly
• 2 Broke Girls
• The Big Bang Theory
• The Millers
• Newsradio
• Wings
• The Hogan Family
• Gary Unmarried
• Rhoda
• Lou Grant
• The Bob Newhart Show
• Laverne & Shirley
• The Comeback

Jim is now a guest on the iconic interview series Inside the Actors Studio. He's interviewed by his Cheers and Frasier star and longtime friend Kelsey Grammer. I saw it being filmed. You can see it on Ovation TV.

Catch it here: https://www.ovationtv.com/inside-the-actors-studio/

In this master class, Jim breaks down his iconic TV series. You'll get inside scoop. You'll learn a lot. You'll be in awe of him, I think -- just as I am.

He shares stories on:

• Playing "Hey, Butt Double" on Friends
• Characters we've never seen, like:
  • Vera on Cheers
  • Maris on Frasier
  • Lars on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Carlton the Doorman on Rhoda

He talks about relationships with:

• Lisa Kudrow
• David Schwimmer
• Matt LeBlanc
• Courtney Cox
• Jennifer Aniston
• Matthew Perry
• Michael Patrick King
• Cloris Leachman
• Andy Kaufman
• Tony Clifton
• Danny DeVito
• Marilu Henner
• Tony Danza
• Steven Spielberg
• Martin Scorsese
• Mary Tyler Moore
• Edward Albee
• Debra Messing
• Eric McCormack

Jim gives advice on:

• ambition, drive and luck
• Hollywood connections
• getting your foot in the door

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Actress Kim Fields, who played Tootie on The Facts of Life, Regine on Living Single, and appeared on Real Housewives of Atlanta and Dancing with the Stars, stops by the studio for a dose of #realtalk.

We talk about:

• Ups and downs - in Hollywood and life
• Body image and puberty in front of millions
• Friends, family and her faith
• Pals Janet Jackson, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Blair Underwood
• Reinventing herself
• Red hair vs. blond hair
• Details on your favorite TV shows
• TV shows she binge-watches - hello, Bloodline! - and movies she loves - like Stranger Than Fiction and Dan in Real Life

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Blessed Life: My Surprising Journey of Joy, Tears, and Tales from Harlem to Hollywood

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