The World Motivation
I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.
“I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.”
I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.
I've been the movie business for over 50 years, and I've done everything imaginable that could be done or ever was done by anybody.
Nico was peculiar. She was extraordinary.
Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them.
Most of the time, I leave the camera on the obvious special effects, like the rubber bodies, so that it become obvious they're not real.
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
It's like cooks don't watch cooking programmes - I suppose maybe comedians don't watch comedy shows.
I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation.
I think that's what comedians do: We're funny in the moment. We're just so self-reflective and narcissistic.
I wanted to do - there was this film called 'Magic' that Anthony Hopkins did. And the director wanted me. The writer wanted me. Joe Levine said no, I don't want any comedians in this.