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Paul Provenza Quotes
«[Chappelle, who loved the joke, could never make time to film. The directors were lucky enough to catch Chris Rock backstage, with camera in hand. As for the venerable Richard Pryor,] Every comedian in America wishes they were Richard Pryor, ... We could hear him laughing and coughing in the background.»
Author: Paul Provenza
«We're familiar with the notion of musicians reinterpreting the same song over and over, but we don't ever hear that with comedians,»
Author: Paul Provenza
«We didn't choose the joke because it's filthy! We chose it because of the structure!»
Author: Paul Provenza
«We don't judge anybody if they're offended, we're just having a good time,»
Author: Paul Provenza
«Though it's justified because they're a private company, it's also based on hypocrisy because [AMC] showed Irreversible, which basically has a 15-minute scene of violent anal rape, so what about that?»
Author: Paul Provenza
«[Hackett] told it on the Tonight Show during a commercial and when they came back from commercial break [Johnny] Carson was just busting a gut for like four minutes trying to get his **** together,»
Author: Paul Provenza
«There are many people who say it was Johnny's favorite ever.»
Author: Paul Provenza
«I was surprised how deeply that affected us. Every comedian will say Johnny was just the biggest influence on their life.»
Author: Paul Provenza
«Penn and I conceived the film together,»
Author: Paul Provenza
«As we set about to edit, I watched 150 hours of footage over and over for a period of months. I had to figure out what hanging out with these artists doing this joke meant. In that process some ideas began to emerge: craft and art, freedom and creativity, boundaries and taboos, etc. So we used comics' performances that illustrated those ideas. We wanted to show rather than tell.»
Author: Paul Provenza