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In the current issue of The Hollywood Reporter, a wonderful long-form conversation with Louis C.K. on the different flavors of bullshit in New York City and Los Angeles, and his evolving relationship with fans, comedy, and cash.
Just as with his FX comedy 'Louie'—which returns Thursday—there's tons of good stuff in here.
In his own words, the actor-comedian talks class differences between L.A. and New York ("When you go to L.A. and your liberal friend is rude to the valet, it can be shocking"), the upside of being passed over for SNL, and the time Chris Rock called him a "f—in' n—er" after he showed Rock the $100K in cash he'd hid in his apartment.
It's funny, when you start having success as a stand-up, you're like, "Oh my god, they're paying me $2,500 for seven shows in a week. I'm so excited." Then you start doing theaters, and you find out what kind of money there really is out there. I mean, I could make 12 movies next year, and I wouldn't make half of what I make on the road. When I first started making tons of money, it freaked me out. I would always get 10 grand in cash every show because I needed to touch the money. I needed to feel like it wasn't just going to pay my bills. I'm a bit like boxers in that way. Boxers go and buy, like, a gold car because they just want to feel like they understand what they have. I'll be a little dumb like that. So I was squirreling away cash — I had something like $100,000 hidden in my apartment. This was probably 2012 and Chris [Rock] was over, so I showed him where I hide my $100,000, and he looked at me and said: "You're such a n—er. You're such a f—in' n—er." That's what he said, and I was pink and proud to be called that by him. I don't hide money in my house anymore.
The fifth season of the Emmy-nominated series Louie premieres Thursday at 10:30 p.m. on FX.
Read: Louis C.K.'s Crabby, Epic Love Letter to NYC: "Everyone's Dealing with the Same S— … Elbow to Elbow." By Louis C.K., as told to Lacey Rose [THR]
[Thanks, RC!]
