CHAPTER 124

Nick: I would talk to Colin at night on the phone, we still do almost all the time, about flying off the handle. And you know, always the word ‘cunt’ would come into play. Again, if I was in England nobody would blink, you know. But you know, the business we’re in, comedians, we’re such cut-throats. Nobody would say shit except for Colin. Colin is the exception, but you know the rest of the comics, if they think it’s going to help them move up a notch in the Comedy Cellar line-up they’ll watch you light yourself on fire every night.

Author: And what did Colin say to you?

Nick: He just said, you know, he goes, ‘You’re angry, you’re fucking … You get too angry, and calling women cunts every other week or whatever.’ And literally he goes, ‘I’m just afraid in the long run it’ll come back to bite you in the ass.’

Author: And did he mean with the club or with …

Nick: No, he meant in general. You know, because it’s funny. I don’t associate comedy clubs with real show business, but there is a link there. People do come down to the Comedy Cellar and who knows who’s in the audience that night. I remember coming offstage when I called Hillary Clinton a cunt and Jerry Seinfeld was standing in the doorway. He wasn’t standing where I could see him. I come through the doorway and he looks at me and goes, ‘Cunt, huh? Brilliant.’ And I go, ‘Hey, I’ve been here too long.’ He goes, ‘You’re telling me.’