James Quattrochi on Good Day DC

Listen up. Tulsa King is back. And so is Sally Dogg's actor, James Quattrocchi, is back to Tulsa King for season number four, reprising his role as the fan favorite character. He's kind enough to join us live to give us a scoop on what to expect this season and what it's like being back in that. It's not the only project he's working on. And like a true Bronx native, he's got the Yankees poster hanging up on the wall behind him as well. It's good to see you this morning. Good morning. How are you? Listen, I got to ask you, first of all, about Tulsa King, because, I mean, everybody loves your character. But I want to know what it was like the first time that you and Stallone went head-to-head because even as a seasoned actor like yourself, that had to be an experience. Well, I saw Rocky when I was 16 years old. I know exactly, you know, and it changed my life. I started working out, started boxing. I was in awe, to be really honest with you. I just stepped back, watched him work, watched him do his thing, and realized how blessed I am to be on the show, to be on a show with him. it's got to be interesting for you when you look at your just the whole body of work that you've done over the years with just dozens and dozens of projects getting to work on so many different projects with so many different actors you know like Stallone now that you're working with did you try to do that do you try to take a little bit away from every project you're on I just every time I book another project and it's been an incredible month I mean I just booked like four things I just feel blessed you know I give it up and I'm very grateful and I just want the next one. That's my problem. Like I'll hit a milestone and I'm like, okay, what's next? So I'm always, what's next? Well, what's now is a couple of projects. Let's start with Tulsa King. The character's a fan favorite. When you have a character like this, are you able to put your personal spin on it or are you pretty much going by the book here? Because I know you've worked on both sides of the camera. It depends on the character, But sometimes you have to kind of, like, wrangle your demons and bring up some ugly stuff inside you to make the character whole, if that's the type of character he is. So what should people expect from this particular season now that we're getting things underway? Well, it's a great season. They went into a new business. You know, the Bevilacqua character and the Sly character are at odds. I work for the Bevilacqua character. kind of keep my eye on sly it's probably the best season so far james when you're working on you have a big show like this and then you get booked for another big show and then suddenly you're working on multiple projects at the same time how do you as an actor keep those separate or have you ever had a time where one character from one show kind of bleeds into another 100% I'm on Family Business, that character's Rocco I do Sally Dogs on Tulsa King basically it's the same character different name yeah is that I mean I guess you're lucky with that that you could kind of do the same thing on two completely different shows on different networks you know yeah sometimes um being Italian you get stereotyped yesterday I played for Kibbles and bits it's a campaign it's a voiceover campaign I played a mafia dog so you know that's okay you know, stereotype me, work me, but I got a chance to play a fire captain and two police captains in the last few months. So I'm trying to change it up a little bit. Do you have a favorite role? And, you know, for yourself, like you said, you're, you're still, you're booking yourself. You fit your work one show. You're like, I want the next. You're just, you love acting so much that you can do that. Is there one character though, over the years, even if it was a smaller role, maybe that you really enjoyed more than another? Yeah. Everything I ever wanted right now it's on Tubi it's a movie where I played a dad to a kid who wants to be a rock and roll musician I just want him you know to get a job that was I did it in Savannah Georgia's one of my favorite roles ever what a great movie uh everything I've wanted on Tubi guys it's a great great movie all right we'll check that one out I want to come back full circle now uh with Tulsa King you work with Stallone like you said I mean you get a chance to work with the legend Rocky changed everybody's lives including your own if you're going like toe to toe with him in a scene are Are you to the point now where you're just like, this isn't Sly Stallone? This is me, this is James, and I'm just being my character, or do you still see him as Stallone? No, 100%, you're correct. I am the character, he's the character. I'm gonna be honest with you, I did Biloxi Mississippi, I did That's Amore with John Travolta. About a week before I was going down there, I got nervous, because I've been following John's career since Welcome Back, Connor. So I really had to go inside and do substitution because I started getting a little intimidated because I'm a big fan of John Travolta. So, yeah, I had to create my character and realize he was the other character. And we're childhood nemesis in the movie itself, in the screenplay. So you're 100 percent right. You have to create your character, stay with your character. I can't be going, oh, that's John. Oh, that's Sly, because it take you right out. Well, I tell you what, John was in here a couple of years ago and I was intimidated at first just to meet him. because of, like what you said, he had legendary status. He turned out to be the nicest guy in the world. But I didn't have to perform next to him either. I just had to talk to him, and that made it a lot easier than the character. But you've been doing it, pulling it off for years. I wish you the absolute best with both the shows that you have going on now, both on BET Plus and then obviously with Tulsa King. James, thanks for your time this morning. Congrats, and best wishes to everything else you're working on. Thank you, Kylie. All right, you're very welcome. And there's the information on the screen right now for Tulsa King, which you can check out on Paramount+. Somebody else who's, you know, doing a little extra this morning is Mr. Barnes. We started out.