Sopranos Star Does Ballistic on Director

TMZ obtained the explosive audio of Pastore giving the business to "Off Limits" director Sal Fusco. VP starts off bitching about Fusco's shots, saying, "I knew I needed a f**king closeup, and you weren't gonna f**king do it!"

The actor -- best known as "Big Pussy" -- gets was also fuming about not getting paid yet. Best of all ... sources on set tell us all this went down just 10 minutes after Pastore arrived on set!