Name: Joe Mantegna Had To Explain What A TONY Award Is To His Mom When He Won
Uploaded: 2020-03-19T20:42:12.000Z
Duration: 7 min 46 s
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A TONY AWARD-WINNING

ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "THE GODFATHER PART III," "JOAN OF

ARCADIA," AND HIS 13 SEASONS ON "CRIMINAL MINDS."

PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," JOE MANTEGNA!

>> Stephen: I'VE WANTED TO MEET YOU FOR MANY YEARS.

>> I'VE WANTED TO MEET YOU FOR MANY YEARS-- WELL, MANY MONTHS.

>> Stephen: I WAS A YOUNG ACTOR IN CHICAGO WHEN YOU WERE

FIRST BECAME, YOU KNOW, A SENSATION IN ACTING.

AND I LIVED THERE FOR 11 YEARS, AND SINCE WE BOTH LIVED IN

CHICAGO, I AM REQUIRED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.

>> THOUGH WE HAD A RESTAURANT FOR MANY YEARS.

MY WIFE HAD A RESTAURANT IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, CALLED

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT CALLED "TASTE CHICAGO" YOU HAVE

I EMBRACED THE SOX SOMEWHAT, BUT CUBS, IT'S GOT TO BE CUB S.

>> Stephen:  SPEAKING OF TASTING CHICAGO, FAVORITE DEEP

>> ACTUALLY, I PREFER A NEW YORK SLICE, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

YOU WERE LESS LIKELY TO FALL IN AND DROWN.

BUT I PREFER -- >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU TAKE

CHICAGOANS TAKE THEIR HOT DOGS VERY SERIOUSLY.

>> AND IN TERMS OF THE RELISH, YOU HAVE YOUR CHOICE.

AT THE RESTAURANT WE HAD THE REGULAR RELISH AND THE NEON

RELISH, THE ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN TO CHERNOBYL.

>> Stephen: YOU HAD TO PUT ON GOGGLES TO DISH IT OUT.

>> WHEN I GREW UP THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RADIOACTIVE TYPE OF

AND PEOPLE COULD LOOK AT IT, "I'LL TAKE THE DAY-GLO ONE OR

>> Stephen: YOUR FIRST PROFESSIONAL ROLE-- IS THIS YOUR

>> Stephen: YOUR FIRST PROFESSIONAL ROLE WAS IN "HAIR"

>> Stephen: WAS YOUR FAMILY SUPPORTIVE OF ACTING?

>> NO, I DON'T QUITE THINK THEY UNDERSTOOD, TO TELL YOU THE

IN TERMS OF "HAIR," I REMEMBER WHEN MY MOTHER CAME AND SAW THE

SHOW, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CAST-- IT WAS LIKE 1969.

AND THERE WAS A NUDE SCENE IN THE SHOCK, NOT MUCH, BUT IN 1969

AND THE REST OF THE CAST SAID, "YOUR MOTHER IS COMING?

YOUR YUR MOTHER IS GOING TO SEE THE SHOW."

AND SHE COMES BACKSTAGE AND I SAID HOW DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW,

SHE SAID, TRVETION GREAT AND YOU GOT A NICE BODY.

SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE OUT OF SHAPE BUT LOOK PRETTY GOOD.

SHE PASSED AWAY A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND AT HER FUNERAL, MY

BROTHER, WHO IS EIGHT YEARS OLDER THAN I AM, GAVE THE

AND HE SAID I WANT MY BROTHER TO KNOW THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK

WHEN JOE SEGUED FROM THEATER AND MOVIES AND THE TV SERIES HE HAS

BEEN ON FOR QUITE A WHILE SHE CALLED ME AND SAID, "RONNIE, I'M

AND HE SAID, WHAT, DO YOU MEAN?" AND SHE SAID, "HE'S ONLY WORKING

AN HOUR A WEEK SM EXPCHT SHE WAS DEAD SERIOUS.

AND MY BROTHER HAD TO KIND OF ALLEVIATE HER FEARS "IT'S OKAY.

>> I'M NOT QUITE SURE MY MOTHER QUITE UNDERSTOOD SHOW BUSINESS

>> Stephen: DID SHE GET A CHANCE TO SEE YOU PLAY RICKY

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