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33:24Are you willing to do that? I go, yeah, Marty, no problem. All right, get them ready. And that was on Shutter Island, where they put me in a crazy mental house outside it. We shot in Medford, Massachusetts, and we dressed up an old, real psychiatric center. And we dressed it up with flowers and everything in the courtyard. And I was, it's in the 1950s, Leo was in it, Mark Ruffalo, yep, and me and some other people. Oh, Maxon Seidow, you know, from The Exorcist was also in it, and Ben Kingsley. Great film, great film. The ending leaves you up in the air. You don't know what it's all about. It was a good movie though and i did that and i had shackles on my feet and handcuffs no hair shaved everything off i had a pair of garden shears and i'm in the garden over there and i look at leo with a menacing look someone like this and marty captured that on film right close up pan me was great what we call in the business, banning.

34:45Yeah. So Bellevue. I love Marty. And Marty's about to do another movie. He also put me in something called Killers of the Flower Moon. I worked with Jesse Febbins and De Niro was there and Leo was also in it. So you see, Leo DiCaprio and Marty had like a bond, the chemistry. They've worked together like me, six or seven films or more. Yeah. They're very close together. And Marty's about to do something in Rhode Island starting up shortly. Yeah. With Jennifer Lawrence. Were you in the Wolf of Wall Street? I was in the Wolf of Wall Street. That was Oliver Stone who directed that. Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf, who I got to meet out there too.

35:33That's got to be about, oh, I'd say what, 10, 15 years ago? The Wolf of Wall Street? Yeah. Oh, excuse me. No, I got that confused. The Wolf of Wall Street was Marty. Yeah. Wall Street 2. Money never sleeps. That was Oliver Stone. See, I got confused between the two different Wall Streets. Yeah, Marty did the Wolf of Wall Street with him. Matthew McConaughey was in it, who was banging his chest in the beginning. Yeah, great film. Jonah Hill, yeah. I wound up on some of those sets too. And I was in front of Rayo's picture shop. It was raining and I had my bike then. This is going several years after the bush cut.

36:29And I had the bike and Marty goes, why don't you make a circle around near Rayo's with the bike? So I go, okay, yeah. And they captured that in the shot. of The Wolf of Wall Street. Yep. Now, another director I worked with was Ron Howard, and he did Ransom. That's how I got the part in that one. And he put me in the shop there. That was pretty cool. In Harlem, underneath a bridge way over near the water on 125th, 126th Street. And that was another big movie, too, for me. What's DiCaprio like? And I work with Spielberg, who also over there, I mean, you're probably going to talk about that later.

37:19You don't have this in there yet. But I work with him as well on several films. What's DiCaprio like? What's Leonardo like? DiCaprio? He's a good guy. He's into all his look, his character, whatever it is. You don't bother him when he's working, you know? But we talk in between here and there. Leo's a fun guy. But he doesn't... He's not that, how do you call it, friendly in many ways to many people. Because he's into his production. He's working, he's doing what he has to do. And he hasn't had time for games and stupidity and people's BS. you know so other than that he's a good people he's a good guy what's Shire LeBouf like?

38:12Shire I didn't really know that well but he thought I was fascinating he goes how does this guy know where we are all the time he knows where we're shooting before I do it's uncanny how he knows all these things before I even know before I see a call sheet radio man knows where I'm gonna be you know it was that kind of involvement how I got to meet him Yeah. And what about... Nice kid, but now he looks different. He's got a big beard. Yeah. What about Whippy Goldberg? Did she take you to the... Recognizing Your Saints was the movie that I met him on. The one that Trudy Styler produced. Yeah. And that's Sting's wife.

38:55You know, Sting, the singer from the police. Yep. And I worked with Channing Tatum and Shia LaBeouf. I didn't know who they were then. And they were just starting out in the business. What about Whippy Goldberg? Did she take you to the Oscars? She took me to the Oscars, yes. To the oysters. I love your voice. Thank you for that. Yeah. Yeah. That was the first time I went to the Oscars. It's got to be decades ago. And she got me a ticket and suit and everything, tuxedo. and she's just incredible just incredible never mind her views on the view you know all this political stuff but uh she's very feisty and she tells it like it is you know some people don't want to hear it and some people do you know so you have the good and the bad yeah and she projects it the way she should and that's how she is i love her so i think she's one of the best Yeah she was in Show business or anything Yeah she was in great movies Back in the day Ghost Sister Act The Color Purple The Color Purple Sister Act 1 and 2 Yep Ghost Ghost Ghost yep Ghost of Mississippi Another good one Yep What's Robert De Niro like?

40:24What's Robert De Niro like? Well it's like this You know You're good Radio Man, you're very good. I don't know why, but you're good.

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41:42He's different in many ways. How do I explain it? Most of the things you see on screen is him. from Casino to The Godfather to whatever was it all those different movies Raging Bull his character is very similar to the way he is in real life all the different people he plays right even the comedy stuff that he's doing recently with meet the parents meet the the fall cookers and all that other stuff yep Radio man, where's my next place? Where's my call time? You know me, fellow I know, don't you? You know it's my call time all the time. Radio man, what's my next job? And he goes like, looks like that, you know.

42:35People say I look like him too, I don't know. I like Bobby, though. Not everybody can get along with him, but I even asked Pacino that one day. I go, I hear you and Bob don't get along. and the sheer goes I get along with everybody just like that yeah so I didn't go further than that and you know they're pretty close friends maybe because they're Italian but they're in the same business in the movie industry whatever yeah what about Tom Cruise? Tom Cruise because you've been on of the Michelin possible yeah Well, I never worked on any Mission Impossible because they were never in New York, you know.

43:22But I used to see them a lot when he was with his ex, Nicole Kidman, and Katie and all these other women he went out with. That's a bridge too far. We don't even want to discuss that. He's a nice guy. He's okay. Every time he sees me, How you doing, Radio? Good to see you. How you been? and he shakes my hand and all that. Comes out of the woodwork just like that, just to come up and say hello to me. It's amazing, really is. And he's a great actor. He does all his own stunts. He really does, because he wants to project that it's him, not a stunt double. They want to know not just a close-up, but all the things he does, like the Mission Impossible, the Dead Reckoning.

44:08He actually was on that mountain and jumped off with a motorcycle down about what? 400 feet or more? He was on there. And then a parachute opens up. I think they did that in two takes. It had to be just right. So they, him and Chris McQuarrie, who directed it, they've done a few things together. And then when I went out to Pittsburgh, when he was shooting Jack Reacher, I went there to get some autographs from him. And he's never turned me down all the time. I get the stuff signed and if he doesn't he says give me your address radio I'll send them to you sure enough within a month later I get them in the mail and it will sign Tom Cruise crazy right great actor too there's nothing like him like I said he does to do all of his own stunt work and everything in all the movies And don't forget, what's the one with Demi Moore?

45:17Oh, that's it. Jack Nicholson. Maybe she was in the truth. Oh, a few good men. Yes, a few good men. Correct. Yes. All we want is the truth. You can't handle the truth, says Jack. Remember? That was a classic line. Nicholson, too. What a guy. Radio. How are you? Good? Yeah. what do you want to be signed these fucking things i go yeah i got about 10 10 what are you crazy there's about six but that's all right jack is jack there's no way to describe jack any other way but jack you know great great person really is yeah he's uh they say he's uh losing it i don't believe that you get old that's all you forget things but uh the last time he came in about a year ago, he looked fine.

46:11He had a little cane with him, but he looked fine. Radio, how you been? You good? Yeah, it's been a while. I go, yeah, Jack, it has. He got more shit for me again. Don't tell me the Yankees score. Oh, I did that once. He blew up on me. I want to see it on Tebow. Don't tell me.

46:37Good old Jack. What was it like being in The Departed? Because that was our star-studded lineup They had Which one? The Departed, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio We shot a lot of that In Boston And some New Yorker And let's see You had DiCaprio You had Matt Damon, a very nice guy I did a lot of movies with him too all the uh yeah the bonds born here all the born born identity i didn't do born supreme because it wasn't shot here uh paul greengrass directed that the uh born identity not born i did born supremacy and born ultimatum i was in both of those seen very nice and featured in that one with paul greengrass and matt damon coming out of building it was it was good yeah yeah and who else we had in that uh Leo Matt uh Martin Sheen and Marty directed that too you know James O 'Hara he's Scottish who?

47:55James O 'Hara James O 'Hara he's Scottish he was in Braveheart Marine O 'Hara yeah he was in Braveheart Jamesy boy does it David O 'Hara David O 'Hara David O 'Hara I don't remember. Yeah, Scottish guy. Was he a bad guy? Yeah. Yeah. He was on... So he's on Costello's team. Jack Nicholson's one. Well, Jack played Costello in that one. Yeah. Yeah. Do you like that film? That was really good. Great movie. Great movie. Yeah. What about Keanu Reeves? Marty and Mary. Unbelievable movies. What about Keanu Reeves? Keanu Reeves.

48:33Keanu likes people. He likes to be on his own. He's a loner. And he just likes to do his own thing. You know, have a beer, go in the park, smoke a cigarette, talk to ordinary people on the street. Some of them don't even recognize it's Keanu. And if they do, they go, aren't you? He goes, yeah, well, sit down. We'll talk. So they sit on a park bench or on a stoop. And he's just bullshits with ordinary people. he's really a a personable guy a very friendly person he took care of me every time he sees me he signs my stuff he just finished a play called Waiting for a Godot and almost every night he came out and signed playbills excuse me he signed playbills not autographs much because he knew the autograph people and wanted them a whole sort of crap.

49:35They're going to go out and put them on the internet and sell them, you know? So he didn't, because he seemed the same faces every day. He knew something was up. But real fans he hugs and takes selfies with. Keanu's cool, yeah. I never worked on Speed because that was in California. Did John Wick a couple of times. and I'm here, they may do another one. John Wick 5, they're working on it. And somewhere it'll be in New York. Where are you, Key? I hope you're near this. What about Hugh Jackman? Hugh Jackman. Hugh Jackman, yes. I don't call him Hugh Jackman. I go, Hugh Jackass! You got that right, radio?

50:26He's a nice guy. He's cool, too.

50:35let's see Kate Leopold with Meg Ryan that was one of his first films I think anyway it might have been others but that's the one I got to see him win and

50:52James Mangold the first time I met that director he worked on it on Kate and Leopold. And he put me in a scene with Lee Shriver outside the Brooklyn Bridge underneath it. And it was Otis Elevator with people back then in the 1800s or whatever, because it goes through time, from his time into her time, you know, like time travel. And yeah. And I was dressed up a little bit. and they called me the naysayer and mangled for me right in the shot with Lee Shriver. It was great, yeah. As you know, you, jackass, has got a movie called Song Sun Blue and he does a dynamite job. Hopefully he'll win something.

51:49But there's a huge lineup right now for nominations of people, all different films. Song Sun Blue about Neil Diamond, where he impersonates Neil Diamond in the movie. And Kate Husson, who does a bang-up job, too, in that. That's coming up. Should be online by now, or maybe it's streaming. I don't know. I hate all these new platforms, you know. What do you think of them? Yeah. Tick-tock. Well, I could say something, but I won't. Tick-tock, blah, blah, blah. You know what I'm trying to say here. I know what you're trying to say Yeah, I just think Times have changed, Radio Man I think it's not just cinema anymore You have Netflix, you have Amazon You've got Facebook, TikTok But it's also a good business opportunity Like myself, like yourself To get And this, what you're doing, streaming When you were younger This never existed Blockbuster we had We had little cameras, mini camcorders at the time You know and flash cameras, remember?

52:58When I was a kid, we had something called a swinger that was in color in black and white. Polaroid made it. And what you do is you take the picture. It's a shot. Hit it down, zip it off. Meet the swinger, Polaroid swinger. It was a commercial like that. And I remember when I was young, very young, I probably was about 18 or more. at the time. Now I'm in my 70s, and I'm still crazy after all these years. So, yeah. And now we're doing these, what do you call, podcasts or whatever. What is a podcast? I remember the pods in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Remember that, Vinny? Who was the original one?

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54:42Kevin McCarthy. Nah, that was the 50s, I believe. that was a spooky movie when you were a kid you thought wow forget about now and the Walking Dead and all that now this one was really cool they had all these clones that became the other people in these pods and the alien pods looked just like the other people yeah that's what they were called clones then so anyway yeah what about Russell Crowe because you worked with him in the beautiful mind. I think he won an Oscar or he was nominated. Yeah, he's going to win that Oscar but he said something to the Academy that they didn't quite like at the time and they gave it to Denzel for Training Day instead.

55:28Great movie also though. But Russell really should have had that. They stole it from him but no offence to you Denzel, you did a great job too in your movie but still there was some kind of animosity there, I don't know. nonetheless yeah Russell's a good great and you see him in Noah what a movie did you see Noah? yeah David Aronofsky wow what a film I always said to Russell well I wanted to say to him you could be the next Richard Burton he had those chops just like Richard did like Burton did and Elizabeth Taylor and all that he's just a great method actor in every way possible And he has a band, too.

56:14You know, he also performed. The gladiator. They didn't know how are you. You need some cash? You're us. You need some cash? Instead of saying you need money, you need some cash? And he would pull out money and have a cash out of his pocket and hand it to me. Yeah. Just like that. Yeah. And he would sign graphs for me. And Russell's a good guy. And like I say, Christian Bale. All these different people that I know. our life's out you know when it comes to meeting me with them it's it's another world you know another ball game they don't look at me as a fan they look at me like a brethren you know like we grew up together we were in the same league it's amazing it really is who's the best you have worked with who's the best best I've worked with oh chances pinpoint one and of course Robin, but he's dead.

57:15Living now.

57:20Yeah. Christian, Russell,

57:27Pierce Brosnan, all great guys. Oh, I know them all well. Actors, male. Female, like Helen Mirren, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep and go on and on you know

57:45they're just incredible people you know not just acting but as far as their other lifestyles you know they just knock it out of the park I think so yeah is that anyone you don't like? anyone I don't like there's a few but I will live remain nameless right now yeah What happened with Sean Penn? Oh yeah, Sean Penn. Well, years ago, what was it? I was at the Oscars when Mopi took me there. She wasn't there to take me there, but she paid for it. And we got me everything in a hotel and whatnot. And I'm watching from the hotel room the telecast of the Oscars, you know, the Academy Awards. And I saw somebody else would win.

58:39And Hugh Jackman and Beyonce were hosting it. they go and the way at that time it wasn't on the oscar goes to no and the winner is sean penn i go oh shit what do you mean he won you know he's such a scumbag you know and he's not a cool guy you know then now he's changed a little bit you know it's a little more open up about things. And the other guy, Mel Gibson, tried to chase me off the set of Ransom. I was drunk at the time, and I had a big, big boombox. I should have had a box here, some kind of radio, so they would know it was really Radio Man. I didn't bring one there. But anyway, do we have one in the back?

59:28I guess not, no? Joe, you see what? No, okay, never mind.

59:36Yeah. Yep. That was something. What about Will Farrell? Because you worked with him in Zoolander? Will Farrell, yeah. I didn't really get to talk to him much. The scene I did had nothing to do with him. It just was a shot of that, you know, of Elf. It was in Canada. when you see the sleigh go over, that was like CGI or AI, whatever. And so when it hits the bench, I'm there on the bench, laying down like that with the radio on my neck, and it hits the wing of the statue, and it lands on the bench. Oh, boom. And you see me going like this, back and forth. That was shot in Central Park. but the sleigh and the reindeer that was done in the Canadian woods where he goes oh no the rangers are after me the park rangers that was Canada not Central Park where the guys on the horseback those were Canadian mountain police but maybe three or four weeks of that movie we shot in New York like in Macy's or Gimbel's whatever it was and on the streets over there.

1:00:58Yeah, that was New York. John Fabreau directed that. Great guy, too. Really cool. He put me in this movie called Made, and now the lead of that is serving time in jail. You know, P. Diddy was in Made along with that. Yeah, and John Fabreau directed that, too. Oh, yeah. And Vince Vaughn was also in that very early years. so he gave me a piece there and I was standing outside of some kind of nightclub and I go back and forth looking back and forth and he goes here's here are you get out of here let's go no you can't hang out you know some bodyguard that's in the movie it's called Maze it's a good film you'll have to see it and I think they uh I don't want to get uh political in any way but I I think they gave P.

1:01:55Diddy a wrong turn. You know, he doesn't deserve to be in jail. Some people, you know, are just jealous of certain people, and they try to ways to finagle it and say, oh, he did this and did that. I think we all did that when we were young, you know? You know? And drugs and alcohol and having sex and fooling around and grabbing women's behinds. It was all natural then. it was a thing to do. Go to Studio 54, whatever, you know? And now they treat it like, oh, it's horrible to do that, and women's rights and whatnot, even men's rights. I mean, you got transgender now, men who want to look like women.

1:02:41And believe it or not, it's shocking, because they do. Some of them look like broads, like females. It's incredible. Only they have a magic wand, Or what they call a pit snake And they dress in these Exotic dresses and Parry all around I don't know, the world has changed a hell of a lot Let's put it that way What was James Gandolfini like? James Gandolfini He seemed like a good guy What a guy, a very good guy Yeah Because when I look at You kind of get a good judgment I believe Keanu Reeves is a good guy Yeah and John Dufini, Robin Williams. Not because they were homeless or whatever they were.

1:03:25He just liked people. Ordinary human beings, you know. He didn't even care for the actors much, you know. Of course, the guys he worked with on Sopranos. But he would just hang around, do his thing, you know. In a documentary, he's out coming out of the camper, And he goes, Jimmy, I'm doing a documentary here. He goes, yeah? He goes, what are you doing? He goes, I'm just hanging out. I'm making a show. I'm making a movie. And Radio Man's my girlfriend. That's what he says in that DVD. Yeah. In a documentary. Yeah, it was cool. He's a nice guy. Really nice guy. He's a shame. Only the good die young.

1:04:15You heard that song, right? Yeah. Billy Joel. It's true. Very true. Yep. Did you ever think that Robin Williams would take his own life because he was so funny and out there and happy all the time? Did I ever fight with him? No. Did you ever think that Robin Williams would take his own life because of his character? Maybe, yeah. Did you? Because all the different characters he portrayed were similar to the people that he sees on the street all the time. Yeah. And he did a bang-up job with everything Abram made. Like you say, Mrs. Doubtfire, he dresses up like the old lady to get back in the good graces of his wife and pretend to be this woman.

1:04:57Yeah. I don't know. Break your arm. I just, ooh. Oh, my child, what is your name, darling? Ooh, that's a pity name. Ooh, yes, yes, yes. Oh, yes. It was a great film. Did you see it, Mr. Doubt? Yeah, yeah, yeah, great movie. Fabulous, right? What's the best movie you've done? What's the best What's the best thing you've done? What's the one that stands out to you, you enjoy? Best movie I've ever worked on? Yeah Or the best part you've done?

1:05:29Nothing really stands out Except me and De Niro And something that Taylor Hackford directed Called The Comedian And We shot that in the soup kitchen in the city. And I have a one-on-one with him, me and him together. And I go, Taylor, what do you want me to do? Just look at him? He goes, no, asshole, say something to him. So I go, okay. I made up some lines, and he said, these people always are like they are. Why are they in the street? I go, and my line was, what I made up. He goes, oh, you make your bed and you sleep in it too. Oh, that's pretty good advice. I like that. Oh, I got to go. I got to go.

1:06:22I'll see you later. And that was my line, basically, in that, with me and him. But chemistry is perfect. And we fed off of each other in that movie, The Comedian. You ever see it? No. Go check it out. You'll like it. Yeah. What do you think about your life? What do I think about my life? It sucks. Let's see. Well, I started from nothing, basically. I could explain. I wasn't bored with a silver spoon in my mouth. I just happened by, and that's how I got known, by just being on sets and being known by different people, and PAs wanted to put me in shows and directors. and it's been on and on ever since.

1:07:12I never made the big money. I never looked to make the big money. I wasn't interested in making a whole lot of fame and fortune, but now it's turning around after all these years and I can't even figure it out why. But it is and I'm part of it and I guess I got to just keep pushing until I die. I don't know. But it's fun and I enjoy it. It's not like a nine-to-five job. People who do their regular job don't really like what they're doing, but they do it to make a living. Not everybody can break into show business or be discovered. Some can, some can't. In my case, it just maybe was a fluke. I have no idea, but that's about it.

1:08:02What makes you happy? What makes me happy? Women. hot girls sex transgender men old British movies I love those British movies those Hammer films Christopher Lee and all that, that makes me happy seeing all those hot girls almost partially naked yeah and that was back in the 60s and 70s you know, promiscuity was there no one tried to turn it off or cover it up it just fit in and the British are so or any English or foreign actor I think have better acting chops than Americans do they look so believable they really portray it perfectly I love Scrooge you ever see that? the original one that's Scrooge not Bill Murray Oh, the one you showed?

1:09:06The one way back in 1961, Republic Pictures, that was portrayed by Alistair Sims. And I used to recite all the lines in that. I loved that. That's the one, Scrooge, I always used to say, Trash it, you're late. How dare you commit to this time of day, which leaves me no alternative but to raise your salary.

1:09:36I haven't taken leave of my senses, Bob. I've come to them. I don't want to raise a little family of yours, if you'll let me. Meanwhile, we'll go jump over a bowl of hot punch. You go out and you buy a new cold stuttle. You do that before you dot another I, Bob crashes.

1:09:57That was some of the line in that. You gotta see that. If you never saw that particular version, get that one. 1951, Republic Pictures, is now in color. Colorage. Check it out. Every Christmas. Stabilis. Like The Wizard of Oz. I can recite all that, too. I used to always watch that when I was a kid. Did you? Yeah. Yeah. Have you ever seen That's a Wonderful Life? Oh, yeah. James Stewart, yeah. Never met him. Never met him. I would have loved to meet him. Never did. Is there anyone you would have loved to have met? Because you've met all the biggest names in the world. Marlon Brando. Because I wasn't doing this then and I never really met the guy.

1:10:51I mean, I saw him once at the Four Seasons Hotel and he happened to be in a wheelchair coming out of the hotel. And that was the only time I ever ran into Marlon Brando. And I asked him for an autograph.

1:11:08Looks me up and down at Mobile. And he signed one for me, Marlon Brando. I wish I still had that photo. That was years ago. But it's got to be 30 years ago. Something like that, yeah. Also a good actor. Do you have any regrets?

1:11:33Yeah. Sometimes you get lonely, you know. Not everything's rosy all the time. Nothing is to regret or anything like that.

1:11:48I was married once, and I have two kids, and they live in Florida, and my wife. And now she sees I'm big and famous all of a sudden. They want to know what I'm doing, why you like this. My God, we see you everywhere and all that. That's a little bit regrettable that I'm not with them anymore. But you move on, you know, and things change after all these years.

1:12:20But other than that, no. No regrets at all. In fact, now I'm more grateful doing what I'm doing than ever before. It's just incredible what's happening. People have always gravitated towards you, though, all around the world. You know, people have always gravitated towards you. Like, even today, getting all that attention and people watching you on social media. Like, it's good to see because you're a good guy. You know, like, we've all had bad luck in life sometimes. we've all made mistakes but from being alcoholic sleeping on the street right mental institute to working with some of the biggest names in the world it's all over social media why should it be these guys wouldn't it's not right yeah these guys these people wouldn't give you the time of day if you were a fucking idiot you know like these people obviously like you they care about you you've clearly got something about you yeah you know and that's a special thing it is a special thing.

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1:14:17it happens to me and uh back then i didn't appreciate it no because i guess i got a lot of people thrown around chased over here and there and i wasn't well well received by a lot of people but uh ever since then it's just evolved and uh now i'm more acceptable to everybody everybody wants to know me it's incredible it really is that i have this kind of persona to them and i don't think i have it but they do you know because i know what i look like and what i do every day is me you know not anybody else i'm not portraying anything i'm just myself and if other people feel regretful or they're down and out and doing whatever and they don't like what they're doing.

1:15:12Well, it's time for a change, man. You know, you got to believe in yourself and believe in what you do and how you do what you have to do in order to change the rut you're in. And the only way to do that is to go straight forward and go ahead and make amends and just try to start all over again. And it'll work out for you. What about Daniel Day-Lewis? Daniel Day-Lewis What do you mean What happened to him Yeah What's the story When He broke out of character When he was playing Is it Lincoln When he was Method acting And he seen you And he broke out of character Oh

1:16:01Yes That was on the set Of the movie Lincoln that Steven Spielberg directed in Virginia. And I come up there, and I was looking to go to see Daniel Day to get some autographs signed.

1:16:25And I see him on top of this hill, near where the old-looking White House was supposed to be the White House back in the day in Virginia. And he's there with a little lamp. and I couldn't quite recognize him. He had the beard and the hat, and I see him, and I go, I don't want to sit, and Spielberg's in between takes, and I go, Daniel, it's me, radio man. Radio man, what are you doing here? I just broke completely out of character, out of his Lincoln stuff, and said hello and talked to me, And even Spielberg was just like stuptified to see that he's never done that for nobody. He's been in this late since we started the movie.

1:17:20And he sees me, and he just broke out of character, and we started talking for a little while. And then he, of course, went back to doing what he was doing. But it was great. It was great. What was that? 20 years? No. How many years ago was that? Yeah, about 15 maybe. 20 years? 15, 20. Yeah, something like that. Yeah, maybe 15. I don't think it's that old. Were you an Irishman? Not really because it was period. But I was on the set a lot while they were filming. And we did it all over the place. Yeah, it was a great film too. Did you see The Irishman? Yeah. I thought it was okay. I thought it was okay.

1:18:03There was a little couple of loose ends. Yeah, I don't think it was as good as, obviously, casino and stuff. Yeah. Yeah, they see. When you see De Niro, whoever, shoot him in the back of the head by the ear, I don't think that's the way it actually happened. And nobody knows if Hoffa really died that way or is he even dead. Yeah. Because no one's ever found the body. What about Men in Black? Will Smith? Will Smith? And Tammy Lee Jones, yeah. Radio Man, how you doing? Nah, nah, nah, nah. How you, Tommy? Yeah, I don't usually like to do a lot of these little holograph things, but I do a few for you, you know.

1:18:49And that was that Men in Black 1, we shot New York. Men in Black 2, it was somewhere else. And the third one, I think we did part of it in New York. Yeah. Will is Will. Will Smith. He would always call me R.M. Yo, R.M., what's up? Radio man. Instead of radio man, it's R.M. He shook my hand many times. We talked. And

1:19:25Barry Sonnenfeld put me in the movie. The first one.

1:19:32Whether or not you see some of it, it's like blurry. but I'm there, you know, but I'm not actually seeing that well in that one, but it's okay. I have fun with these actors, no matter what, whether they get me in it or not. When you say, oh, Radio Man's in 200, 300 movies, yeah, I've been around them, not necessarily in every single one of them, but I've been on sets, you know, where they shoot with the crew and the actors and all that. Sometimes they get seen, sometimes they don't. I didn't care either way, you know. I even tell them sometimes, maybe now with digital and all that, kind of digital vouchers.

1:20:17No, just put me in the shot. I'm happy with it. Did you ever have a relationship with your brother? With what? With your brother. Did you ever have a relationship? Relationship with my brother? Yeah. How do you know about that? Your documentary. Ah, Richard, yeah. Yeah. We really... He was on the opposite side of the fence. We didn't get along that well anyway. He was the first child. I came later.

1:20:49And like me, I like the acting stuff. My brothers like to sing. He's a singer, you know. Good singer too. He's a singer. He's a singer. Like Bobby Darin Storms and Bobby Rydell. all the old 60s bands

1:21:07Richard Cortell that was his character that was his name he called himself Rick Cortell and he made a few records here and there cut a couple of albums he was a great singer and he didn't make it too well and he died very early of cancer 38 years old he had melanoma like stomach cancers couldn't believe it my father found out so loud he went to the hospital and he bowled like a baby when he seen my brother and he would say his father said that's the pain it hurts so much please pull the plug I can't take it no more and he knew he was going to die so self inflicted to kill him but two days later he passed away but that was his first child you know I came like 20 years later see when you were on the streets radio man see when you were homeless and stuff like how hard is it how difficult is it what how hard is it when you're actually on the streets do you just I actually done a whole I made a homeless documentary I slept on the street for seven days Really?

1:22:36And I realised how tough it is Yeah Yeah I was sleeping with people under the bridge And to grow a communication To show people Nobody knew you Nobody Yeah You had my cupboard or whatever Yeah seven days Seven days Through Christmas I slept on the street Christmas day And I went home In Scotland In Scotland Yeah But I grew such a connection with people it was to show people that we're all human it was to show people that we've all there is an alternative yeah of course yeah and people in the documentary did change an amazing man Stuart who was in the documentary changed his life but how difficult is it when you're on the street and it's like nobody cares and you're lonely and you're struggling like how difficult is that it's struggling is that easy begging from here and there and asking for food and going here and going there.

1:23:32In those days, it was much harder, much harder to live. There was no such thing as homelessness then. It was just that you didn't have a place to go and nobody wanted you for certain reasons and who knows why. And you find out all different stories from these guys who were down on their luck, you know, and how they became that way. Some of them were pretty intelligent, too, and they just got caught in the wrong spot at the wrong time. But like I say, if there are people out there who feel that they want to make a change, now's the time to do it. Now's the time to lift off your bootstraps and do it and just change your whole life around and try to beat the devil, as it were.

1:24:34I think everybody should have that opportunity. What's the worst thing you've seen when you were on the streets? Did you see a lot of bad things? I saw a lot of other guys trying to rob stuff from themselves, from other homeless guys. not much killings or murders nothing like that then it's just as they saw an opportunity to steal something or you go to sleep in maybe a cot or laying down on the ground somewhere they try to take your wallet they know you have money or a watch or something you know, something of value yeah but other than that no, we have a few brushes with fights here and there you know, fisticuffs.

1:25:23But other than that, no. How is your life now? How is your daily routine? My life now is all roses. I don't get it. No, it's a different world.

1:25:37What we're living in now is total chaos. And no one seems to have the answers of how to piece it together, whether it be the president of the United States or mayors or anybody who holds political office, doesn't seem to get the grasp of what it's like. Like you said, you went on the street for seven days. Do you think any of them people were what we were about in those days? No, none of them. They all came from money. They're all very rich. They don't understand what it is to be poor and destitute because they always were born with a silver spoon in their mouth, you know, the gift horse. And they've always lived like in nice suburbs and everything handed to them.

1:26:31Never had to work a day in their life, basically. Like my Danny, who's our new mayor, I don't know what he's all about. Maybe he'll do the right thing. Maybe he won't. But that's another story for another day. What do you think life is, Radio Man? What do you think life is? What do you think it's about? That's a tough question. Sierra has all the best active and outdoor brands you need. From athletic stuff, like a full-court pickup game, swish, to athletic-ish stuff, like a half-mile stroll. Get those steps in. And for morning hikes up the mountain trail, good pace, to nighttime ghost stories from the camping chair.

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1:27:27We're here. Somebody put us here. And we're living. Whether or not we like our lifestyle or we don't like our lifestyle. Well, we're breathing, we're living, we're proof that we're human beings. And we all have to treat everybody like a human being. Not fight, not yell, not this, not that. Sure, it happens, but we have to control ourselves and make our lives plattable and with respect for others and everybody, no matter what they are. Whatever their political belief says, fine. Maybe you don't agree with it. Maybe you do agree with it. But either way, we have to work together. It's the only way to change things all over the world, not just America, everywhere.

1:28:22People have to realize that people are people. We all have arms, well, not all of us, but we were born with arms, legs, and mouths to talk with. We have to do it in the right way. I think that's what life is basically structured on and what we should pursue. For anybody watching Radio Man that's maybe struggling in life right now, someone who's maybe got an addiction or maybe can't find any strength to be better or make better changes, what advice would you have for them? For people who are struggling now? Yeah. like I say just go on with what you're doing but start trying to go in a different direction and straighten yourself out any way you can there's no reason to struggle it might look dark and dismal but there are ways of changing that and you have to you're the one, no one else can do it These people on their own Have to make a decision To change their life around It's that simple Or it's that difficult Whatever But it has to be done It has to be done Radio man I think what you're doing is unbelievable I think it's great to see in all these movies And be connected to all these superstars And still kicking on And still wanting to do things I think you're very smart I hope they like what I said and my whole idea behind this.

1:30:01And you become rich and famous. Yeah, listen, I just love interviewing people. I just love understanding people and understanding their stories. I've created a good life. I travel the world. These are street stories that you probably had other people you talk about to as well. No? Yeah. And is it similar or each one has their own? Everyone is different. Everyone's different, yeah. I've interviewed mafia men, hit men. There's a lot of my hair. Yeah, everyone. Migrants, white, black, blue, brown, whatever. Yeah, I've interviewed a lot of the mafia guys as well. Really? Yeah. When they were in the mob.

1:30:41They're out now. But a lot of them turn snitches. I mean, they tell you stories about when they were part of it. Yeah, because they all become, majority become snitches. they start speaking they become rats so they start speaking out you know they think these mob movies that these actors and directors make are pretty much true yeah yeah most of it yeah Marty knows how to put it out yeah he's a great great director but for anybody watching or listening go to Radio Man's stuff it's on Real Radio Man he's got signed photos all his social media is on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook. But I'm going to bring...

1:31:23The real radio. Yeah, but I'm going to bring Vinny in, who looks after you just to... You want to come in, Vinny? Come here. So Vinny works with Radio Man, helps him. But what sort of stuff is Radio Man doing now? Well, Radio Man... I'll give you a little bit of background. I've known Radio for about 15 years, maybe more. More than that, yeah. Probably more than that. And I handle a lot of his personal affairs Banking, social security, credit cards Healthcare, apartment hunting And just all the daily things Like he's focusing on being radio man And he loves it And I focus on keeping him up to date and going And taking care of all the things that he needs to get by in life And through the years we get into the most ridiculous arguments, crazy conversations.

1:32:21He sometimes drives me nuts. Sometimes I drive him completely insane. Completely. I'm sure. Soundcruise. Yeah. And so I would say for years, this is a show. This is, nobody would believe this. If I wrote this as a script, no one would believe it's real. Yeah. I said, it's hilarious. It's hysterical. I go home laughing or crying. Either way, It's complete drama. So I said, Radio, I think we should stop putting you out in the world. You have all this recognition, all this fame. You do all these things. Let's see if we can't share you with the world because he's an enigma. He's totally unique. He's unbelievable.

1:33:01He appears to have so little. I'm an enigma? Yes. Or an embryo. There you go. Like 2001 in Space Odyssey. Anyway, go ahead. And that's what he does. Exactly. Yeah. And I said, maybe it was my train of thought. He's a negma. Yeah. It's on the subway. So no, he, like nobody would believe this. I want to just share him with the world because he appears to have so little, but he's so happy. He doesn't want fame. He doesn't want fortune. He doesn't want that kind of success. he just is very happy being who he is. Wake up in the morning, going to set, eating craft services, meeting his friends, the cast and the crew of these films, and then going home.

1:33:53That's his day. And he considers that absolutely the pinnacle. So I says, I think we should share this. There's a human interest story here. So I set him up with Instagram and TikTok. Well, somebody else set up his Instagram. We kind of just managed it for you now. Facebook. What are they so far? People can subscribe and watch. Well, everything is under The Real Radio Man. TikTok. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok. On YouTube, which is where a lot of the long-form episodes will be found, is Real Radio Man. And there should be links there for his Shopify account. He's been getting a lot of autograph requests.

1:34:36and then there'll be t-shirts and hats and mugs and all that stuff I'm sure coming that we're going to use to help fund the show, fund him, and get him into maybe a little more financial better condition so that he can enjoy what he's worked for and what he's built. Do all the sort of movie sets treat him well? Does everybody treat him well or does some people maybe block him from coming in? Yes, no. The majority of them Welcome him, invite him in Feed him, give him a park Give him a role, they treat him like royalty There are some that either don't Know who he is, or sometimes He just shows up on a bad day Where they're tight schedule Very busy It's a very closed set, it's a location That doesn't want outside Parties coming in So those he has to Be turned away from But he understands that.

1:35:35But yeah, but the majority of them welcome him and accept him and treat him really, really, really well. Could there potentially be a movie? And you personally have seen that because you notice when you go on the set. Could there potentially be a movie about his life? Because Robin Williams would have played his part amazingly. But there has been talk about what we can do. I mean, we could do another updated doc. We could do the life story. I don't know where this is going to lead to. Right now, we're all just really having a good time doing episodes of me and Radio Man, capturing the nonsense that we do on a daily basis.

1:36:06The essence of what I do. Right. And what do you do yourself, Vinny? I am an actor and a producer. I've been working pretty steadily for about 20 years. And that's why I said probably 10 years ago, me and another actress, producer, friend of mine, Leanne Melissa Bishop, said, you know, we love this guy we've known. Let's try and get them, you know, a series or a movie or something So we started shooting content and putting it out there and trying to shop it But the funny thing is, is nobody was buying into the concept I've been pitching this for 10 years 10 years, the two of us have been pitching this Trying to get them some sort of acknowledgement, some sort of deal But only recently when social media started taking hold Did we get the attention to maybe make it into something further or grow it.

1:36:56But it's an unbelievable story. The homeless man, the psychiatric unit, stopping drinking, and then being involved with some of the biggest names on the planet. These people genuinely give their time to Radio Man. It's unbelievable. I have seen it. I have seen... The most famous man and homeless man in show business. Yeah. Yeah, he's... Like I said, I don't know how to explain him. And it's hard to explain him to others. So now we're showing it. we would get comments like oh well yeah he's famous in new york but uh you know we can't really sell this as a series you know globally or internationally or whatever because he's really just a small town thing i'm like oh no no there is a story here there is a human interest story this guy is unreal what he's been through what he's gone through what he goes through on a daily basis he makes it sound relatively easy but you or i could never do what he does he gets up he's 7 ,900 years old.

1:37:55How old are you? Like a 99-year-old man, yeah? And this guy gets up. 75 plus. That's right. Carries his bike that weighs probably 500 pounds. Outside. Rides to Manhattan. Rides to wherever he's got to go. And he's pedaling in all kinds of weather. Rain, sleet, snow. He doesn't care. It doesn't bother him. It could be 10 degrees. It could be 150 degrees. It doesn't matter. It doesn't keep him home. He won't stay home for anything. He goes out. And he hustles. and he works his way onto sets and he bounces from hotel to hotel, from set to set. It's exhausting. It's grueling. I could never do it. He does it every day.

1:38:34Every day. Sometimes we get lucky. Sometimes we don't. Exactly. Exactly. Sometimes we capture gold on camera in five minutes. Sometimes we're chasing you around for three days. Got all that stuff from Keanu, John Goodman. Right. The celebrities that sign autographs for him help him supplement his income. He markets that stuff. But I think the celebrities know this. They do. Because they don't sign everything. So these signed photos get a few hundred dollars. Pays for his rent. He still needs to eat. Pays for his rent. Like it's not... Yeah, yeah. Especially New York's not cheap. Yeah, not everybody does it.

1:39:08Not everybody does everything. Everybody gives it back right away. So that's a struggle for him too. Not to mention one that I didn't mention. Yeah. Share. Great lady Cher I've seen Cher pull her car over in the middle of the street Like to a screeching halt Roll down the window to call to him Wave him over to the car And she's like a security team Meant to do the opposite of that Do not expose her to the public Now she opens up Radio get over here So we've got big plans for Radio Man for the future Radio Man what is your real name is it David? They want my real name? No, what is your real name?

1:39:48Is it David? It's all over the internet. Yes, what are we doing? Craig Radio Man. Yeah, Craig. Craig. Castaldo. Castaldo. Yeah, yeah. No, I had him from the documentary. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's Craig. Craigie. That's how he knows when I'm annoyed. When you call him up, I go, Craig, what are you doing? Yeah, because he, we're really oil and water. With two characters you would never, ever think would fit together. But it's good that he's got people behind him. You know, especially in your 70s as well. It's not easy out there. You know, and it's good to have the right team. You're only a few weeks away with a longer beard that you could play his part.

1:40:33Yeah, yeah. No, it's for a role. You have a similar watch that Pierce gave me. Is that an Omega? Yeah. Yeah. The 007 watch, by the way, it still happened in my pocket. That's right. don't lose it we need it for an episode okay but plans for the future then so everything's sweet there's big things happening uh his social media exposure is growing by leaps and bounds he has his shopify account we're going to add stuff like t-shirts and mugs to help supplement his income um yeah and we're hoping to get him uh the youtube channel just really up and running with some really fun interesting content perfect yeah again listen radio man and with your involvement and maybe we'll shoot up like a temperature.

1:41:18Fingers crossed. But I think you're amazing. Thank you for coming on today. Thank you so much. Vinny, thank you. No, thank you. I wish you guys nothing but the best for the future. I appreciate you, sir. All the way from Scotland. To see a bum like me. Yeah, I think you're more than that. And again, grateful. I wish you nothing but the best for the future and anything I can ever help with. I'm a phone call away. Same here. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you.