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THE HEMI Q&A: Louis C.K. » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 48 “ If you take reason and logic out of a statement and leave in the passion and confusion, that’s really funny to people.” though I’m not as famous as most of the other guests on the show. It’s usually a big star that opens, and then I get a few minutes of people going, “Who is this guy?” It’s not the end of the world. I know there’s success beyond that if you can stay cool, if you can keep your confi dence and keep your heart rate low. Like boxing. HEMISPHERES: You do a bit of boxing yourself. You used to train with Mickey Ward, the guy who inspired The Fighter. C.K.: Mickey is such a decent person. He boils all these mythical things people are addicted to—like making your dreams come true and being The One, the American Idol stuff —into a lesson about hard work, responsibility and things like courtesy and decency. HEMISPHERES: Do you think that part of the reason you’ve had so much success is that you’re willing to say unspeakable things aloud? Like how you have absolutely no interest in single people because their lives have no stakes? Or how unfair it is when your daughter makes up her own hide-and-seek rules, because it’s clearly just cover for how bad she is at the game? C.K.: Comedy is a license to remove reason from a situation. If you take reason and logic out of a statement and leave in the passion and confusion, that’s really funny to people. HEMISPHERES: You seem more bemused about contemporary life than angry. C.K.: I never think of myself as angry. I’m open to any idea. I want to be in a state of constant reanalysis of everything, because life’s more interesting that way. Once you make judgments and rules for what you’ve decided to believe, you’re missing out on discovering things you might not have any idea about. HEMISPHERES: You say amazingly funny stuff about your kids, but it can be savage. I assume audiences let you get away with 142 JUNE <strong>2011</strong> • HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM it because they believe you are actually a kind, loving father. C.K.: I’ve done sets where people tell me that those bits work because they just know what a good dad I am. And I’m like, “How do you know that?” But look, both of my kids know that I talk about them onstage. Most of my act is not okay for kids, but I’ve told them some of the bits that I do. HEMISPHERES: Do they think you’re funny? C.K.: They do. But the reason why they think it’s funny when I rail and yell about them onstage is that it’s not what I’m really like. If I screamed at my kids at home and then joked about it, it would be horrible for them. Also, my kids and I are honest about what’s tough in life. We’re able to laugh about it. We’re not all polite in the house. HEMISPHERES: So are you their boss or are you their pal? C.K.: I don’t believe in this idea of the godlike power of a parent, because it doesn’t really help kids in the end. I give my kids their day in court and let them talk to me about what we’re dealing with. I always tell them that crying ain’t going to get you there, and saying ‘please’ fi ve times isn’t going to get you there, but if you have a reason, I’ll listen. They don’t o en fi nd a way to change my mind, but I do think it’s worthwhile to let them sharpen their ability to reason. HEMISPHERES: Your show on FX got renewed for a second season. That must feel pretty good. C.K.: I see everything as a challenge, but I don’t see anything as a reward. I just see it as an extra challenge. I work out with boxers when I’m really trying to get in shape for standup. When I did my fi rst special, Shameless, I worked with this boxing trainer in L.A., and I told him that this was my title fi ght, the big one. And he said, “No, your big one isn’t your title fi ght. It’s your fi rst defense of your title.” HEMISPHERES: Meaning when you’re the challenger no one sees you coming, but when you’re the champ, everyone does. C.K.: That’s right. The fi rst time you go out there to defend your belt they know what you’re capable of and they’ll throw everything at you. Right now, FX has said, “Yes, the show works, go ahead and do it again.” But I still think of it as a challenge. Can I sustain the show? Is it still going to be good? Is it worth watching more than 13 times? Can it be be er? And if it’s not, there’s absolutely no one to blame but me. I get an enormous amount of help from everybody on my crew, but these are my decisions. If the show stinks it’s precisely my fault. HEMISPHERES: So, let’s have a little speed round. Least favorite kind of heckler? C.K.: Selfi sh ones. Dumb hecklers are just being dumb, but selfi sh hecklers want to suck up all the a ention. HEMISPHERES: If you’re having a night out for fun, what is it? C.K.: I am a night out, so when I have time to relax, I usually just stay home. HEMISPHERES: Are there things that are always funny and things that are never funny? C.K.: If something was always funny I’d be a billionaire. And I don’t believe there’s anything that’s never funny. HEMISPHERES: The funniest person alive? C.K.: I doubt it’s a comedian. It’s probably some guy in a rice paddy somewhere in Vietnam who keeps his fellow workers laughing as hard as they can all day. HEMISPHERES: Or maybe it’s just a determined car mechanic from Boston. You know, some guy just wrenching away and dreaming that some day he’ll take over the world. But that could never happen, of course. C.K.: Of course not. DAVID CARR, who covers media and culture for The New York Times, always seems to laugh at the wrong time when other people tell jokes.
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