Stanley Tucci - 'Tucci in Italy' & 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'

About this episode

Stanley Tucci discusses his career, cultural stereotypes, and his food-centric shows born from personal challenges.

The ultimate character actor — and guide to Italy’s food and culture — reflects on early-career frustration with being asked to portray stereotypes of Italian-Americans, and how it led him to his breakout film 'Big Night'; the pros and cons of a career in which he has tended to play small parts in large projects and large parts in small projects; and the little-known story of how his food-centric shows, for which he has won three Emmys, grew out of a battle with oral cancer that forced him to eat his own food through a tube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Stanley Tucci

Topics covered

• Italian-American stereotypes
• career reflections
• food and culture
• oral cancer
• Emmy-winning shows

Keywords

• Stanley Tucci
• Italian-American
• Big Night
• food shows
• oral cancer
• Emmys

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tucci in Italy, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Big Night

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