Primo Paulie's Raw Journey of Redemption
REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
In this gripping episode of Real Ones, guest host Richard Cabral sits down with "Primo" Paulie for an unfiltered conversation about life on the streets of East LA, battling generational addiction, and finding redemption. From harrowing prison tales to the transformative power of fatherhood, this episode is a testament to the human spirit's resilience. Discover how cultural roots and unexpected moments of clarity can pave the way to a life of purpose.
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| 0:00.0 | This is my studio. This is the man cave. This is where all the magic happens. When I got this in New York, right? I think it was one of my first times going to New York. |
| 0:12.0 | And I had been out of prison maybe a couple years. my first time going to New York. |
| 0:12.8 | And I had been out of prison maybe a couple years, |
| 0:15.4 | but I just knew that that's the essence of acting |
| 0:19.2 | that I wanted to be, right? |
| 0:20.7 | I was an LA kid. |
| 0:22.0 | I didn't really know anything about the theater but I |
| 0:24.3 | grabbed that so I could look at that and just always acknowledge what I wanted to be |
| 0:27.9 | as an actor. Oh this one I want to bring you right here so these are my uncle |
| 0:31.7 | like I think really the story of the |
| 0:33.9 | culture is is um is that it's it's all connected right my family has been |
| 0:38.6 | involved in gang since the 1970s right as as I've said but like this is the essence right like what does that mean it's not just you know just something you understand like this is what I lived and like this is still who I am and I'm proud of where I come from I'm just grateful that I've been able to evolve these, this essence and the spirit and these teachings and this resilience. |
| 0:59.0 | I got my little primos right here, that's little Stephen, and that's me, Pauli and Anthony and that's right there in |
| 1:05.6 | East Ali, Manne Palo and that's the night after Stephen got shot. |
| 1:10.0 | He got shot in the in the face. This is it. This is this is everything like this is me honoring where I come from and like you know these are my I got my grandma's right here right I got these pictures I got this this is the shoe of when I was a baby |
| 1:26.2 | My dad right there in the gancho right there on a horse right there with his horse you know that's where I come from you you know if it wasn't for that and and that's why I went |
| 1:35.6 | back you know I didn't understand that in the States but that's why I went back I |
| 1:38.6 | wanted to I wanted to understand that you know and just all of our spirit helpers right there you know you know |
| 1:46.4 | the snake just thinking about the serpent the serpent never goes back it |
| 1:49.5 | always good goes forward you know it sheds the skin like that you know it's it's bringing |
| 1:53.7 | all these things on there's a good one too. That's me in Ironwood State |
| 2:01.0 | Prison and me and my little primos and my grandpa but yeah and that's me I'm like 23 yeah I'm probably got like one more |
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