Jim Norton

Do you know what mental illness you need to sit someone down next to you when you're special playing?

And you're like, I don't want to watch this.

It puts you in a weird – if I do an acting role, I don't love acting, which is great because nobody loves when I do it.

It works out nicely.

But if I do something I like, I have to see it first and I have to watch it and go, okay, I'm not embarrassed by this.

I can go and watch it in a premiere.

You know what I mean?

But I have to see it first to know if I'm going to feel humiliated or not.

The Irishman I didn't see first.

Obviously, Scorsese's not going to send me a fucking cut.

And I didn't know I made it until literally the night before.

But that was different because I'm like, I don't care how, whatever.

It was a stand-up performance.

I'm like, nope.

Is it because everyone would talk to you?

I'm afraid no one's going to talk to me on the red carpet.

Do you know how embarrassing it is when you hear that person who walks you through in the front, and you're standing there ready for your moment, and you hear her going, oh, Jim Norton.

And then you'll hear her a second, and then she goes, Jim Norton.

He's a comedian.

And it's like, oh, fuck.