Conan O'Brien

Do you want the Derringer or do you want the pistol?

Derringer.

I think what I can relate to, what you're talking about a lot, both in the early television work and just throughout your career, and even as you talk about your college experience, I like being around a gang of people.

I like having that community.

I spend, I've always say, if someone says they enjoy my comedy, I say 99% of it you don't hear.

It's messing around with people in my world and family and friends.

I like all the jokes that happened as we're trying to build the thing that people see.

And that sounds to me like directing is this ultimate experience of a massive group.

It's like Robin Hood and his merry men.

You just get all these people together and say, let's...

Let's work together on this thing.

And a lot of the joy doesn't necessarily show up on the screen.

It's part of the process.

Yeah.

I've always thought if I'm having fun in this moment and it's honest, most people watching it or listening to it will probably agree.

That's not always true, but you just have that instinct and you have to go with it.

And if you don't have that instinct, you're lost anyway.

You should probably not be doing this.

Yeah.

Well, I look forward to having that moment because right now I am enamored with myself.