PW: Pat – I’d like to start off by congratulating you on your role as Mini-Me in the upcoming Austin Power’s film ‘Goldmember’.

PAT: You’re too funny.

PW: I know - it's the curse I carry.

PW: Could you tell the three or four people out there who aren’t already familiar with you what they’re in for?

PAT: Actually it’s a pretty small part. I play the head judge at a sumo wrestling contest in Tokyo between Fat Bastard (Meyers) and Big Nate (Sumo). Fat Bastard will throw Big Nate out of the dohyo (ring). Then I get into an argument with Fat Bastard. It's going to be an amazing scene.

PW: I’ve always wondered about the creative process on a high budget / high profile film like Austin Powers. Is it inherently impossible to be free and easy and original in the face of pressure to repeat the tired formula that made the first two successful?

PAT: Luckily, Jay Roach (Director) is so respected in Hollywood that the producers gave him total and complete creative control. Working with him was an incredible experience. I remember my second day on the set when me, Mike Meyers, and Jay Roach were in Mike’s dressing room for 6 straight hours going over the scene with the fight coordinator. Jay is a master technician and very actor friendly.

PW: With high profile films like Austin Powers and Night Creep on your to-do list, has it become increasingly difficult to find the hours in the day to satisfy other lower profile pursuits like stand up comedy and bird dogin’ chicks?

PAT: Well, I’ve always got time to bird dog for chicks.. just kidding. These days, I'm totally busy all the time. I haven’t had a single day off in 7 months. The truth is I have to find a way to balance stand up, acting, and my studio. They all feed off of each other. It’s all about hard work, planning, and focus.

PW: I read somewhere recently that the three men who got the most pussy in the 20th century were Hugh Hefner, Frank Sinatra, and Pat Leborio. Do you have any tips for the Publicity Whore readers about how to make the ladies feel special – even when they are anything but?

PAT: If I got as much pussy as Frank Sinatra, I would be too busy for anything else! I would also be 200 pounds lighter from all the ass swinging. Since my social life is non existent, I guess I’d be the wrong person to ask. I’m single and I haven’t had a date in a year.

PW: As Craig and I have proven here with Publicity Whore – talent runs in our family, but so do sibling rivalries. Craig, for instance, has had a very difficult time living in my shadow. Is it ever difficult for you being the brother of a photographer as rich and famous as Shelby Leborio?

PAT: The more popular Shelby gets, the more proud I am of her. I have never been the jealous type. I guess I have been use to competing my whole life. I was a great football player from the time I was a little kid to the time I graduated from college. I never thought about someone else’s talent as opposed to mine and as far as my sister goes, I am just thrilled that things are going so well. She's an awesome talent!

PW: If you could switch places with any man woman or child from history, who would it be and why?

PAT: Two people in history that really intrigue me are King Ramses II and Pablo Picasso. I am an amateur Egyptologist and I would love to experience the height of Ancient Egypt in the 21st dynasty. Ramses was the greatest Pharroh of them all. Picasso was known for his cubism, but he has three major phases of his career with completely different styles, starting with “Tragedy" in his blue period. To actually have the opportunity to watch his drastic changes in artistic interpretation would be something out of this World.

PW: Who’s your favorite Beatle, and why? And if you dare say that sniveling little fag Paul, I’m gonna fuckin’ … well – I suppose I should just let you answer. Go Ahead.

PAT: Lennon. He was the heart and soul, although the sniveling little fag was, and still is, a musical genius. I think 'Revolution' might be the most important rock and roll song ever written, because it transcended the growth and awareness of an entire movement.

PW: And finally, any last thoughts on those two handsome Markley brothers over at Publicity Whore?

PAT: You guys are pimps. The magazine reminds me of the Playboy story. Everybody looking from the outside-In is telling you two that it can’t be done. For every negative comment said about Publicity Whore, the magazine interviews another star. Like a hurricane, it is building momentum and that it looks like it may destroy some major players. People are jumping all over the band wagon. And I'm sure Publicity Whore will never forget the people like me that believed in them from the very start. Craig and Kyle are going to change the entire media format in this town. Watch and learn!!!

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