Interview · moment 45 of 49
Kevin Spacey's Direction and Building Equity for Creative Freedom
from #232 - Andrew Schulz | The Tim Dillon Show · #232
4 min
Guest
Schultz praises Kevin Spacey's directing and Netflix's supportiveness, then discusses Chappelle's Comedy Central deal complaints and his own goal of building equity to eventually run independent, well-funded creative projects like an Ocean's Eleven-style rat pack film.
- Netflix let Kevin Spacey direct the whole show, which Tim calls unbelievable.
- Tim notes how much Andrew Schultz has accomplished in a relatively short span, running at a pace suggesting ambitions beyond just being a great comedian.
- Schultz wants to create a rat pack vibe through film, making the kind of hanging-out environment that podcasts naturally provide.
- Eventually doing fewer but bigger projects, with everyone in that world becoming millionaires through a team model rather than every man for himself.
- Building enough equity so you can do the show you want to do with people who support you, because networks won't take risks without proof of success.
- Dave Chappelle complained about his Comedy Central deal despite not having a hit before that show.
- Tim supports creators getting all the rights, but Chappelle's approach of pulling his show from platforms where poor people want to watch it strikes him as wrong.
- Schultz wants to create cool projects and have enough equity to do comedy the majority of people like without bloggers infiltrating it.
- Tim says he'd be upset if there weren't people talking about him—being irrelevant is the real problem.