Hollywood, Juilliard, and Back: Moments with Matt Servitto
The Hollywood Godfather Podcast
GRI Entertainment
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On the Hollywood Godfather podcast, Gianni and Jeanie welcome back Matt Servitto, who is recovering after contracting type B flu and double pneumonia following a Colorado Springs fan event. The conversation ranges from faith and aging to Gianni’s background (polio, meeting Frank Costello, buying a boat, and his path into The Godfather through Joe Colombo’s Italian Anti-Defamation League meeting), including Gianni’s rehearsal experiences with Marlon Brando and Brando’s acting guidance. Servitto discusses classical training (Oxford and Juilliard), the challenge of competing with “authentic” non-trained performers in film/TV, and how resilience from football helps in an industry defined by rejection. They also address technology and AI, green-screen production, union concerns about likeness and avatars, and hopes that human-made art becomes more valued. Servitto plugs his film A Town Called Purgatory on Tubi and updates his project Batshit Crazy.
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| 0:00.0 | Gianni's got the stories from the coast to countryside |
| 0:08.0 | Genie's got the questions sharp as a natural sway |
| 0:15.0 | Every Wednesday night we take you all away. |
| 0:23.6 | From the back streets of Tinsel Town to the Tritorious Globe, |
| 0:29.6 | Old Hollywood meets mafia tales, and you're about to know It's the Hollywood Godfather |
| 0:40.3 | Where the big band plays and the stories don't stop |
| 0:44.3 | With Gianni and Jeannie and Jeannie everywhere, they're taking you to the top |
| 0:49.3 | Keep it smooth and keep it classy. |
| 0:55.3 | Feel that swing nonstop on the Hollywood Godfather. |
| 1:02.4 | Welcome everybody. |
| 1:03.7 | It's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast. |
| 1:06.7 | And we've been getting requests, and you know why, once I tell you his name, |
| 1:11.2 | because so many of you've written in to want to see on here from our friend Matt Savino. |
| 1:18.2 | So here he is. |
| 1:19.8 | Matt, great being with you. |
| 1:21.8 | Let me introduce Jeannie, and we'll start the show. |
| 1:25.0 | Hello. |
| 1:25.3 | The beautiful Jeannie Raymond is here, my co-host, and our good friend, Matt Savino, |
| 1:31.6 | bringing us up to date, and we heard so much new stuff about him today. |
| 1:36.8 | Right. |
| 1:37.0 | We want to share it with you. |
| 1:39.7 | Matt, yeah. |
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