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Joe Pantoliano has three secret weapons when it comes to protecting his mental and physical health<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Emmy award-winning actor, who starred as Ralph “Ralphie” Cifaretto in 21 episodes of the HBO drama “The Sopranos,” told Page Six<\/a> his tried and true recipe for optimal health while chatting at the 30-year “Bound” anniversary during the Tribeca Film Festival.<\/p>\n

“You need three things \u2014 masturbation, medication and meditation,” Pantoliano confessed.<\/p>\n

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Pantoliano further indulged and said while he doesn’t meditate, he does take a “wonderful supplement,” and “my wife [Nancy Sheppard] takes care of [the masturbation].”<\/p>\n

The couple married in 1994 and share four children together.<\/p>\n

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In lieu of medication, Pantoliano followed doctor’s orders by stepping outside for a casual walk every day.<\/p>\n

“When I went to McLean Hospital, the brain hospital, they told me that a brisk 15-minute walk is equivalent to like 90 milligrams of Prozac, so I walk every day,” he told the outlet.<\/p>\n

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The “Bad Boys” star also discussed his history with addiction<\/a>, and noted that “success” was once a vice before explaining “then sex and then alcohol.”<\/p>\n

“Finding things that make this feeling go away,” he said. “I thought if I could become successful, then this feeling that was in the pit of my soul would go away.”<\/p>\n

Pantoliano said that he instead “crashed and burned, didn\u2019t die, and I guess discovered my shortcomings; they weren\u2019t terrible defects, they were, you know, just mental illness<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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The “Matrix” actor has been candid about his struggles with depression and addiction over the years.<\/p>\n

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“You find something that fills the void \u2014 masturbation, meditation \u2014 it doesn\u2019t matter. You have a drink and you go, \u2018Ah, this is the feeling I\u2019ve been looking for.\u2019 You\u2019re trying to fill it,” he told Page Six<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n

His own challenges with depression inspired Pantoliano to establish the mental health<\/a> awareness charity No Kidding, Me Too!<\/p>\n

At the time, Pantoliano admitted he admired Prince Harry<\/a> for being a vocal advocate on a difficult subject.<\/p>\n

“If you think about William and Harry and what they went through,” he noted, “the trauma of what happened to them, in a culture that\u2019s saying ‘stiff upper lip’ \u2014 it doesn\u2019t work that way.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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