Conan O Brien Tells It Like It Is

Conan O Brien tells it like it is as the latest cover model for The Hollywood Reporter magazine's June issue.


On aging... “Tall people getting older is funny because they often don’t. I’m like those junk trees that grow really tall, really fast, then fall to pieces. I’ll be doing a monologue five years from now, and there will be an audible crackling sound.”

On Jay Leno...“He certainly isn’t calling me. It’s not like he’s going to sneak up on me in traffic. He’s a guy you see coming from a ways off because he’s usually driving a car made of copper that runs on manure and has gas lanterns. The odds are we will both leave this Earth without speaking to each other, which is fine. There’s really nothing to say. We both know the deal. He knows; I know. I’d rather just forget.”

On moving networks... “What we are trying to do is a mosaic; you can’t really see the whole picture until you back up. At NBC, we were a small comedy club on a cruise ship. At TBS, we’re masters of our own pirate ship. It’s about so much more than who watches the show at 11 p.m. Who watches it at 1 a.m.? Who watches the clip online the next day? Who sees the ad with that clip?”


Scoot over to THR.com for thee complete article!



Don't miss Conan's very first appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Watch as the genuine camaraderie between the two late night hosts unfold)...keeping it hilarious of course (rightfully so to Jay Leno's expense.)


Part 1.



Part 2.