So where did this "Tony the Lip" moniker come from?

[laughs]

It's not "Tony the Lip", it's "Tony Lip". One word. I got it when I was a kid 'cause my friends said I was the best bullshit artist in the Bronx. [Chuckles]

[Horrified]

Why are you smiling?

What do you mean?

It doesn't bother you that your friends – the people closest to you – consider you a liar?

Who said liar? I said bullshit artist!

And what's the difference?

'Cause I don't lie! Ever! I'm just good at talkin' people into... y'know, doin' things they don't wanna do... By bullshittin' 'em. [Grins]

And you're proud of that?

Well, it got me this job.