Joseph Tito: Fatherhood Truth-Telling and His New Book

It's an unusually warm spring afternoon when I meet Joseph Tito at a sunlit café in the arts district. He arrives in a simple black t-shirt, jeans with what appears to be a small handprint of glitter on one knee, and an easy smile that immediately puts me at ease. The former film director and producer, now author of the highly anticipated "Random Thoughts: The Sh*t We Don't Talk About" (releasing May 15th), carries himself with the relaxed confidence of someone who has nothing left to prove, and perhaps, more tellingly, nothing left to hide.As he settles in across from me, apologizing for being two minutes late ("school pickup line drama, someone brought homemade slime to share"), I'm struck by how different he seems from the sleek industry powerhouse who once commanded film sets across the Middle East and Europe. The transformation is the subject of not only our conversation today but also the core of his upcoming work.NW: Your book "Random Thoughts" comes out in just days. For those who haven't heard about it yet, what should they expect?Joseph Tito: laughs Definitely not a traditional self-help book. It's more like... all those thoughts you have at 2 a.m. in...