AST’s Louie CK Interview

Posted by Maximum Fun on 11th July 2006

Louie CK has crafted an amazing career by being true to himself. He talks about going through 20 years of standup to get to the point where he can star in Lucky Louie in this interview with aspecialthing.com’s Matt Bellknap.

In the most recently posted portion of the interview, he talks about sharing a sort of entertainment-world weariness with his co-star on the show, Pamela Adlon:

And she’s grown past any point of like, “I’m gonna make it, man!” That kind of evangelical, in-their-20s young people [attitude], the way I remember feeling. “Somebody’s gonna know who I am! I’ll be like that dude in ‘Entourage’ on the red carpet.” I mean, the red carpet events I’ve been to, the Emmys and stuff, I’m happy to go around the back of the press, get my statue and go home to my kids. I’m not interested in that shit.

And I had a similar thing: I came up in the ‘80s, and people were like, “This guy maybe will do something,” but my hair started falling out, I hit the ‘90s and they went, “No, go write for the real guys. Go write for the characters that people really want to see.”

So Pamela and I have had that behind the scenes thing. Neither of us are supposed to be here right now. We went yesterday and took our picture in front of — we went and celebrated our billboard. And we’re just standing there going, “This is just fuckin’ weird. We don’t belong up there.” We’re not Kate Hudson and Brad Pitt. So, it’s just fucked up, you know? Our lives aren’t built for that. I ain’t goin’ to those clubs, and I’m not going to events. And I don’t know that that’s where this will lead. I have no idea.

No matter what field you’re in, I think you’ll find this interview inspiring.