Were you a reluctant musician because you knew there’d be people like you in the audience ready to heckle? Discipline didn’t come easier, but there was stimulus to develop it.”īefore you became a musician, you were the guy who stood at the back of venues sniping at bands. It was a lot easier for me growing up because there were walls and doors between me and the goal. It’s harder for most people to understand discipline today, because everything is handed to you. “Discipline was almost forced on you because you couldn’t get anything done unless you did a thing. Given the fact you’ve been in the army, and study Brazilian jiu-jitsu, how important is discipline in your life? “It’s a single word… ( Recreates the moment the character Tim calls Gareth’s phone while sitting next to him) ‘Cock!’” What’s your favourite moment from The Office? In The Office it’s about saying the thing you’re not supposed to say even after saying the thing you’re not supposed to.” The whole foundation of the script for Curb Your Enthusiasm is about what Larry David is not supposed to say. Comedy was always about the things you weren’t supposed to say, like in Fawlty Towers with the line, ‘Don’t mention the war,’ and of course he fucking mentions the war. If you have any Irish-Italian blood in you, you definitely have a contrarian wiring. When you listened to comedy records when you were younger, did you consider that more rebellious than music? My dad was a teacher, so he speaks more.” She taught me the ability to listen: she was good at listening.
“The same, though in slightly different ways. I’m not sure where my dad got it from, but he definitely instilled in me that sense of taking a step back and questioning authority.” There are certainly things you can apply to particular set of comedic circumstances – not so funny as they are. “I think it’s the state of the globe, honestly.
They didn’t literally have a gun, but they were definite advocates of ‘our way or the highway’.”ĭo you feel it provided you with a valuable insight to comment about the state of America? “I listened to ministers preaching about annihilating a particular group of people, whoever was on the radar at that point. You’ve described a Baptist upbringing in Ohio as about having “a bible in one hand and a machine gun in the other, ready to annihilate”.
You share without expecting anything back.” You do things to survive: as an artist, parent or friend. I think it’s more about being of service on this marble we’re on. “Owing the debt assumes she’s looking to collect. Like the timing of your aunt introducing you to Black Sabbath and Joni Mitchell? Given that A Perfect Circle have previously covered Joni, do you owe her something of a debt?