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Paul Sorvino, RIP
Paul Sorvino and Mira Sorvino at Giffoni Film Festival 2013 – on July 20, 2013 (GIO_LE / Shutterstock)
In 1996 when his daughter Mira won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite she thanked her parents, but particularly her father. He was, in turn, a blubbering mess. His money, his fame, his politics – everything but the love he felt for her at that moment – was irrelevant.
When he heard that serial sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein once made a move on her he was very blunt with TMZ on the situation:
“He’s going to go to jail. Oh yeah. That son of a bitch. Good for him if he goes, because if not, he has to meet me. And I will kill the motherf****r. Real simple.
“If I had known it, he would not be walking. He’d be in a wheelchair.”
He was every good dad.
“My heart is rent asunder- a life of love and joy and wisdom with him is over,” she wrote. “He was the most wonderful father. I love him so much. I’m sending you love in the stars Dad as you ascend.”
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. (Pro. 20:7)
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Since I don’t watch movies or TV barely knew who this guy was. And no memory of his daughter. Maybe if they were in a war movie or something Eastwood wrote would be different. But sounds like a very talented guy. With talented kids. Pretty good life.
I read somewhere once that Mira was an intentional and active Christian. Another good reflection on Paul.
I don’t know these people, so many thanks for introducing them. From my own experience, being dad is not just the most important thing in life; it’s so important that nothing else really matters.
Only if you are doing it right.
Perfectly reasonable.
I knew who he was and Mira was a gem. I always enjoyed seeing both of them on the screen.
I liked Mira in The Last Templar . . .
He didn’t have a huge role, but I thought Sorvino was excellent in Good Fellas.
I always remembered him best from his Bob Tilton-esque role in Oh God.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPgV4d4ZmZo
“God’s Own Quarterback”
He was interviewed (and, IIRC, sang) in an early episode of the short-lived, but excellent Mark Steyn Show. I’ll see if I can find it and post a link if it’s available. He came across as a warm and quite nice gentleman. Sad to lose such; they are increasingly rare.
Here’s the song:
I will always remember him slicing garlic with a razor blade while prepping a nice Italian meal in prison in Goodfellas.
Last night, Greg Gutfeld ran a tape of an appearance by Paul Sorvino on his show.