Oh, it was fine, ... I did check, you know - as I wrote it, I would ask him, do you mind if I say this and that. If he laughed, I knew I was all right. I could have been much funnier if I'd been more explicit about some of it, but I'm not a bloody comedian, after all.
The only thing that would have been funnier is if he picked up a bottle and took a drink of water like nothing happened.
This show is a lot funnier and more outrageous. There are lots more jokes.
When we are in pre-production, this is the best job in the world. Working 10 to 7, sitting around and brainstorming with the other writers, making things funnier and writing and rewriting scenes - that's as fun as it gets.
The truth is, if I was maybe better or funnier or prettier, wouldn't I have starred in a movie? I can see it objectively as a businesswoman - if no one's buying your product, then there's not a desire for it.
After I had my son, I found life much funnier and brighter
In several TV shows I've done, I'm trying to think of what - just say something here, we need something funnier here.
Louie is hugely talented. But I get very annoyed at the way the media... say, 'Louis C.K. is the greatest stand-up in the world.' He's not the greatest stand-up in the world. He's not funnier than Dave Attell.
I'm working on Leno. He's from my home state, Massachusetts. And my home country, Italy. I said, 'Hey, Jay, why don't you have me on your show? Afraid I'll be funnier than you?'
If you read it for a while, you feel like you know the guy behind it, and that makes it funnier for me. The characters are unbelievably well-defined. I've often made the case that if you can't describe the character in one or two words, then it's not going to work. And he does that.