Show Notes
John Turturro joins Scene Stealers to break down the roles he's best known for, starting with his new film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. He talks about mentoring younger actors, gaining 35 pounds (and getting shingles) for Quiz Show, pranking Robert Redford with a Meryl Streep story, the real reason he took Rounders, how he created Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski, and how he built Emilio in Mr. Deeds from scratch, wig and all.
Go see The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles October 23 and nationwide October 30.
TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Cold Open 0:50 Welcome 1:25 THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK 1:57 Passing the torch to younger actors 6:08 "You die twice" 8:35 QUIZ SHOW 8:51 Gaining 35 pounds, shingles, and Herb Stempel's voice 11:19 Pranking Robert Redford with a Meryl Streep story 14:27 The Quiz Show premiere story 15:10 Actors as pickpockets: absorbing, not stealing 16:44 Playing Howard Cosell 18:00 ROUNDERS 18:28 Why Rounders was a poker move 22:09 Why he doesn't gamble 23:00 THE BIG LEBOWSKI 23:33 Jesus Quintana and the Coens 26:22 Soldiers, DVDs, and tattoo mail 27:45 Hitting a double, triple, or homer in a small role 28:03 Mr. Deeds and working with Adam Sandler 30:15 Outro
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