Here’s a few bits from Aziz Ansari’s Q&A with Black Book Magazine. Visit the link below for the full article!
What’s the hardest thing about standup?
Writing new material. The thing people don’t realize is it takes so long to write a joke and refine it to where it’s super strong. And then once you do it, no one wants to hear it again. People come to my shows and they’ve seen bootlegs. Like, I’ll do a show two weeks ago and someone has just bootlegged the whole thing and put it on YouTube. And then they watch all those clips and they’re like, “Yo man, you did all the same jokes!” So it’s hard to keep up.Random question: what do you think about PT Cruisers?
You know, before I moved to LA I’d have to rent cars when I went there. And I’d always get a fucking PT Cruiser. It’s the worst. It’s a glorified go-cart with an ugly shell on top. It’d be better if you got a go-cart because then it’d be like, “Whoa, that guy’s a badass. He’s driving on the highway in a go-cart.” Instead, you look like you’re an idiot soccer mom.Ever not been given a PT Cruiser at a rental agency?
One time I got a Chevy Lumina or something. I was like sweet, no PT Cruiser, and there’s an auxiliary input for my iPod. Awesome. And then of course someone smashes the window and steals my iPod, so I gotta drive it back. And I give it to the shop and I’m like, “I need a new car.” They’re like, “Well, all we got’s this buddy here.” Bright blue PT Cruiser. A blue you don’t see anywhere else. The only blue I can compare it to is Superman’s costume. I don’t know who likes that car. You get made fun of when you valet. They don’t sell. They all go to rental agencies.
Link: Aziz Ansari on Judd Apatow, Coldplay’s Confetti, PT Cruisers
