Q: What do you mean by show business?
A: In Songwriter, Willie Nelson has a trick T-shirt. He folds it in a certain way and it spells out, “Fuck you.”
He folds it, looks down in amazement, and says, “I love show business.”
Writing is show business.
Think of Harvey Pekar on David Letterman.
Think of Paul Giamatti in American Splendor, playing Harvey Pekar.
He kisses his girlfriend and she goes in the bathroom and throws up.
Q: Alexander King on Jack Paar.
A: Right. Who’s Alexander King?
Q: Who’s Jack Paar?
A: Right.