John Turturro’s Mind at Work




Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin show

Summary: <p>It’s hard to imagine John Turturro—an award-winning actor, director, and writer—feeling inadequate. But even today, the big-hearted 59-year-old says he’s “still learning” his craft. Raised by Italian working-class parents in Park Slope, Brooklyn, he majored in theatre at the State University of New York at New Paltz before winning a scholarship to the Yale School of Drama. In 1989 he soared to fame as Pino in Spike Lee’s <em>Do the Right Thing </em>and has been steadily solidifying his role as a Hollywood superstar ever since. While balancing a kaleidoscope of roles, he’s managed to both write and direct his own movies—most recently the reimagining of a French film from the 70s. He talks to Here’s the Thing host Alec Baldwin about meeting his wife at Yale, playing James Gandolfini’s part in HBO’s <em>The Night Of</em>, and the crisis that almost convinced him to go to medical school.  </p> <p>Check out video of Alec's conversation with John Turturro on Spike Lee and 'Do the Right Thing'.</p>