Jordan Belfort
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But once I got to jail, so who's my bunkmate?
Tommy Chong from Cheech and Chong.
We're sharing a cell together.
They put us in the same cell.
Are you serious?
And that's how I began writing.
So he was my cellmate and we were like, you know, he's a great guy, he's amazing.
And, you know, I would tell him stories at night and he was rolling on the floor.
Second night, he's rolling on the floor.
Third night, he's rolling on the floor.
The fourth, and he goes, you know, I thought you were making all this shit up, but my wife Googled you and it's all true.
He goes, you have to write a book about this.
So I'm like, really?
You think my life is crazy?
Like, I didn't think my life was crazy because it was mine.
Right.
You know, your life happens to you and you're like, I just, I guess shit just happens.
I didn't look at it that way.
Right.
I mean, I knew my life was a bit absurd, but I didn't think it was like write a book.