Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast. My thanks,

as always, for clicking and listening along. I am thrilled to bring you my conversation this week

with a true icon of American comedy. He is Vince Vaughn. Vince Vaughn doesn't need much of an introduction.

You fell in love with them in 1996 with Swingers, that classic independent film that made him a star,

written by his buddy John Favreau, who also co-starred with him. It launched a career that includes

movies like Old School, dodgeball,

wedding crashers, the breakup, Fred Clause, couples retreat, four Christmases, cameos and

Anchorman, Anchorman 2, all those quotable lines that you know so well. And now the 55-year-old father of two, Vince Vaughn, is starring in a

movie that's a little more dramatic, a little sweeter in its tone. It is called Nona's.

It's based on the true story of a man named Joe Scaravella, who he plays in the movie.

Joe's mother Maria was a true Nona, an Italian grandmother, an incredible cook.

He wanted to honor her after her passing. So he started and opened a restaurant called

Enateca Maria on Staten Island in New York. The idea behind it when he opened it 18 years ago in

2007 was to have Nona's in the the kitchen just like he had at home.

So he hired grandmothers who were great cooks just at home, not professional chefs to make these meals.

And it's been a hit.

It's a beautiful story.

Vince plays the lead.

So he and I got together where else to sit down, but at Enoteca Maria.

So we're sitting in this conversation

right in the scene of this film where he plays Joe himself. So I won't say anything more.

You know Vince Vaughn. You love Vince Vaughn. You know his career. Really thoughtful guy,

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