Ray Romano reveals unexpected way 'Everybody Loves Raymond' got it's name: 'I was so petrified'

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Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996-2005 as well as films including Ice Age, The Big Sick and The Irishman, spoke about his health scare in a new interview on WTF with Marc Maron.Romano spoke about how he’d suffered for years with high cholesterol – something that led to a 90 per cent blockage in his main artery.He said: “I had high cholesterol 20 years ago and my guy always told me, ‘Why don’t we start going on the statin?’ Every time, I said, ‘Let me do it myself.'”Romano said he would go home and try to eat healthier to reverse the cholesterol himself, but admitted that it wasn’t successful – a pattern that lasted for 16 years.He said he “would go home and eat a little healthier and get it down a couple ticks”, but then his doctor would say: “It was 280 and now its 220 – you gotta get it down even more.”“But I’d go home and think I was hot shit – that was the cycle,” he continued.The actor said that he had to “have a stent put in” because he had “90 per cent blockage” in the artery deemed “the widow-maker”.“I got kind of lucky that we found it,” he continued, saying that he “would have gone on the meds” sooner had he realised how serious it was.Talking about getting older, he said: “Saying 50 was weird, but saying 60 sounds foreign, it sounds fake. In my head I don’t feel that old.

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Ray Romano wasn’t insulted that Martin Martin Scorsese had never heard of him before auditioning for HBO’s Vinyl in 2016.

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Ray Romano feels “blessed” that his relationship with Martin Scorsese began by the famed director having no idea who he was, despite having been the star of the wildly successful “Everybody Loves Raymond”.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor This article first appeared as part of Jenelle Riley’s Acting Up newsletter – to subscribe for early content and weekly updates on all things acting, visit the Acting Up signup page. Considering Ray Romano has worn so many hats in his career – comedian, actor, writer, producer – it’s hard to believe that the multi-hyphenate had never directed before. When I mention I assumed he had at least directed one of the 210 episodes of his acclaimed series “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Romano jokes: “Me too. I thought I must have directed one of them, right? But no, I had never done it.” So it comes as a surprise not only to audiences but to Romano himself that he’s making his directorial debut with the feature film “Somewhere in Queens,” a poignant comedy about a working-class Italian family that hits theaters this weekend. The film is so resonant in so many ways and handled in such an assured way, it’s shocking to realize this is a director’s first movie – let alone one who had to be talked into doing it.

Ray Romano is known for his comedic skills, but lately he has been opening up about the health issues he has been facing. The longtime actor tried his hand at screenwriting and directing for the first time in his new movie, "Somewhere in Queens," and revealed that getting behind the camera caused him so much stress and anxiety that he had to consult a cardiologist. "I got to New York for nine weeks of prep, second year of COVID," he explained in an interview with Entertainment Tonight about the early stages of the film, in which he also stars.

Somewhere in Queens” — which also marks Romano’s big-screen directorial debut.“I’d never written a screenplay and neither had Mark,” Romano, 65, told The Post. “I knew what I like to write about and it’s this type of movie — a small but effecting dramedy — and I knew that I wanted to write about this Italian-American working-class world which I lived in and grew up in and, even more, married into,” said the former “Everybody Loves Raymond” star.

Ray Romano is stepping behind the camera for the first time with the semi-autobiographical film, . The veteran actor said he was far more nervous directing this movie than he was when he booked the iconic sitcom he starred in for a decade.«I've never written a [movie] script. I've never directed or anything,» the 65-year-old told ET's Matt Cohen, sharing that he wasn't initially going to direct.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ray Romano starred in one of television’s biggest sitcoms for 9 seasons and 210 episodes, but apparently Martin Scorsese was never watching “Everybody Loves Raymond.” During a recent interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast (via IndieWire), Raymond said that Scorsese had no idea who he was when casting him in the HBO series “Vinyl.” “Scorsese did the pilot and I had to go on tape for him,” Romano said. “The cool thing was, I went on tape and the response we got back was, ‘Yeah, Marty likes it. He’s in the running. And Marty wants to know who he is. He’s never seen him,’ And my agent was like, ‘So he’s never seen the show?’ And they go, ‘No, no, no, he doesn’t know who the guy is,’ which was a blessing because he didn’t have to erase the sitcom character from his mind.”

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Ray Romano spoke candidly about a recent health scare in a new interview with the “WTF with Marc Maron” podcast.

WTF With Marc Maron" podcast. "I had 90 percent blockage."The comedian went on to speak about his diet and how it may have led to his heart surgery. "I had high cholesterol 20 years ago," he said. "Every time, I said, 'Let me do it myself.' And I would go home, and I would eat right.

Ray Romano is revealing some scary health news he recently received. "I just had to have a stent put in," he told Marc Maron on Maron's "WTF" podcast. "I had 90% blockage.

Ray Romano reveals he underwent surgery on his heart for an artery that was blocked 90% of the way.