Interview · moment 8 of 20
Dane Cook's Mood Swings and the Lottery-Ticket Nature of Show Business
from Bert Kreischer · #137
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2 minGuest
A story about visiting a depressed Dane Cook who got a movie role overnight, used to illustrate how unstable and unhealthy the emotional highs and lows of the entertainment business are compared to a normal career like his grandfather's.
- 22:33Tim compares his grandfather's steady career as a general contractor to the lottery-ticket nature of entertainment, where you might book a movie overnight or lose everything on a whim.
- 23:01A commercial actor friend keeps getting close to major national campaigns but loses roles over arbitrary reasons — like the CEO's wife disliking his mustache.
- 23:25Tim argues the flip side: you get the opportunity to perfect a craft over years, then suddenly someone recognizes you're ready, like a contractor finally building in the right neighborhood.
- 23:51Tim spent seventeen years doing stand-up and claims he was probably funnier after all that work than he is today.