Conan O’Brien Is Terrified of the Oscars. (He’s Hosting Anyway.)
Jason Segel made his directorial debut with the show, “Dispatches from Elsewhere.” Leading up to the start of filming, he was overwhelmed with anxiety and a sense of imposter syndrome, or as he described it, “the feeling that you were invited by mistake.” To get rid of his anxiety about directing for the first time, he told everyone he was having... See more
Remorse is not something “No Bullshit” guy feels, but seated at Brooklyn’s Purity Diner on a sunny afternoon during his weeklong run at the Bell House, Heidecker is rankled by guilt. In a plain black tee and sunglasses now, he’s replaying the moment he upset a fan when he was in character the previous night. He was doing a bit where “No Bullshit”... See more
Tim’s Time
Comedians can’t pretend they don’t have identities. They’re up there, onstage, with their bodies against a brick wall like they’re facing a firing squad. There’s nowhere to hide, so they have no choice but to acknowledge their identities (“So you might have noticed I’m black”) before they move on or drill down.