WHO'S SORRY NOW
- The True Story of a Stand-Up Guy
From the Publisher
Everyone knows him as Ralph Cifaretto on the HBO hit show The
Sopranos. But before Tony, Carmela, Silvio, and Dr. Melfi
took Sunday-night television by storm, Joe Pantoliano was one
of America's busiest actors, giving unforgettable performances
in such films as Memento, The Matrix, The Fugitive, and Risky
Business. Now, the street-smart kid who grew up in Sinatra's
hometown shares the stage with the eccentric and colorful wise
guys from his family and neighborhood.
Fade in on the projects of Hoboken, New Jersey, during the
fifties and sixties. That's little Joey, running numbers with
his chain-smoking mother, Mary, so they can keep a roof over
their heads. When he wasn't busy staying one step ahead of
the bill collectors, he was learning the ropes from "Cousin"
Florie: his "stepfather" and a wise guy whose connections
to the Genovese family couldn't keep him out of jail for drug
trafficking. Then there was Joey's real father, "Monk,"
a factory worker with a weakness for gambling at the track
who was later reborn as a hearse chauffeur for the local funeral
parlor.
With a winning blend of humor, charm, and pure showmanship,
Pantoliano tells it like it was. From a connected Jersey street
kid to a successful Hollywood actor who would, ironically,
re-create his wise-guy boyhood in role after role, Who's Sorry
Now is an irresistibly entertaining treat for anyone interested
in this true-life "Soprano" and a real stand-up
guy.
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