{"id":5484,"date":"2026-06-14T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sopranos-star-joe-pantoliano-offers-mental-health-advice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:00:30","slug":"sopranos-star-joe-pantoliano-offers-mental-health-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sopranos-star-joe-pantoliano-offers-mental-health-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sopranos&#8217; star Joe Pantoliano offers mental health advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F130739803.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Joe Pantoliano, aka \u201cJoey Pants,\u201d has a marvelous mnemonic for mental health.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSopranos\u201d alum further explained that he takes a \u201cwonderful supplement,\u201d doesn\u2019t do meditation and \u201cmy wife [Nancy Sheppard] takes care of [the masturbation].\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Joe Pantoliano spoke to Page Six at the 30th anniversary screening of \u201cBound\u201d at the Tribeca Festival on June 7. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Tribeca Festival<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor talked about his mental health.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Tribeca Festival<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Instead of medication, Pantoliano regularly takes walks, explaining that \u201cwhen I went to McLean Hospital, the brain hospital, they told me that a brisk 15-minute walk is equivalent to like 90 milligrams of Prozac, so I walk every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pantoliano added that for years he suffered from addictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuccess,\u201d was one of his addictions, he explained, \u201cand then sex and then alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinding things that make this feeling go away. I thought if I could become successful, then this feeling that was in the pit of my soul would go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pantoliano, seen here in 2022, said \u201cmedication, meditation and masturbation\u201d were important for mental health. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor, who played Ralph Cifaretto in \u201cThe Sopranos,\u201d has been open about his emotional struggles and addictions. <span class=\"credit\">Barry Wetcher\/Hbo\/Kobal \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instead, Pantoliano said that he \u201ccrashed and burned, didn\u2019t die, and I guess discovered my shortcomings; they weren\u2019t terrible defects, they were, you know, just mental illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMatrix\u201d star, 74, has long been open about his mental health struggles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pantoliano, pictured with his wife in 2025, said \u201csuccess\u201d was one of his addictions, \u201cand then sex and then alcohol.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cPower Book\u201d star, seen here in 2026, is married to Nancy Sheppard. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAlcohol, what was available, women, you know, risky behavior, act first and then ask questions second,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Pantoliano, who was diagnosed with clinical depression in 2007 and has since written two books about his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com\/?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAsylum-Joe-Pantoliano-audiobook%2Fdp%2FB007XGWFNE%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2025%2F07%2F27%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fjoe-pantoliano-reveals-mental-health-battles-almost-destroyed-his-life%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mental health issues<\/a>, founded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nkm2.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an organization in 2009 called \u201cNo Kidding, Me Too!\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which aims to remove the stigma surrounding mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Emmy winner confessed to being slightly gobsmacked to be celebrating \u201cBound\u201d all these years after its release.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI did not expect to be alive,\u201d he admitted about how he felt while making \u201cBound.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pantoliano attended the screening along with the movie\u2019s other stars, Chris Meloni, Gina Gerhon and Jennifer Tilly. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Tribeca Festival<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI had no idea that I\u2019d be talking to anybody 30 years later. I did not expect to be alive, you know,\u201d he shared. \u201cThe fact that this movie is being celebrated. I had no idea that I would be lucky enough. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know how talented the Wachowskis were,\u201d he said, referring to writer\/director siblings Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski. \u201cYou know, it was a good part, and I wanted to have a good part in a movie, and I was hoping that it would be good, so it was very naive of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The noir thriller also stars Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly and Chris Meloni.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/14\/celebrity-news\/sopranos-star-joe-pantoliano-offers-mental-health-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Pantoliano, aka \u201cJoey Pants,\u201d has a marvelous mnemonic for mental health. 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