Dan Levy
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Welcome to Fashion Neurosis, Dan Levy. I'm so happy to be here. Can you tell me what you're wearing today and why you chose these particular clothes? Well, I'm kind of in a state of flux in my life right now. I've just moved into a place here. So I had to rummage through what I had in my suitcase. This is a... A sweater from The Row. These are some leather pants from Versace and shoes from the same collection. Dario Vitale's sort of collection of Versace, which I loved. And then I suppose I'm wearing a watch from my dear friend Trevor, who gave it to me when I was very young and it was the most valuable thing I'd ever owned. Yeah. And where are your glasses from? These are Celine, actually. Oh, heady Celine.
I think so. Not Michaels. Ah, I can't be sure. I've had them for a little bit. I don't know, actually.
What fashion pieces is Dan Levy wearing and why?
Oh, they're nice. I like the shape. I was going for kind of a monochrome thing. Do you ever change glasses, though? I change glasses every day. Really? Yeah, I probably have hundreds. But are they all vaguely similar with a heavy frame, a dark frame? No, I've started to get into wire frames. Oh my God, you're so daring. Yeah, I've been an acetate lover for a very long time. What does that mean? Acetate's like the plastic of the frame. Oh, right.
Okay.
I used to make glasses.
Yes, of course.
So I just, I don't know what it is. I think because I'm tied to them, I don't like wearing contact lenses. So when you have to wear an accessory every day of your life and you care about clothes, you can't, it's impossible for a single pair to suit everything you wear every day. So I like to have options. I like to kind of accessorize the day's look, I guess, with the appropriate eyewear. I think that shows incredible strength of character because I could never do, I settle on something and my shifts are so microscopic, no one notices except me. Well, sometimes that's the best part is when you're the only one that notices. Well, I think it shows strength of character, so I'm impressed. I appreciate that.
I have trunks full of them. I've got these custom trunks with drawers that pull out to store them all, yeah. You're the multi-award winning and instantly recognizable star of Schitt's Creek, the series that kept many of us sane during lockdown. You wrote it with your father, Eugene Levy, who also stars in the show. And you talked about creating a distance from him when you were younger because of all the attention he attracted.
Mm-hmm.
As the child of a kind of more bohemian person myself, I wondered, did you ever want him to be a more conventionally funny man? I don't know, actually. That's a great question. I don't think I've ever really thought about it. I've just kind of accepted... him, I suppose, for, I mean, a lot of comedians are not very funny behind closed doors. I think when it's your job, you don't feel that same desire to kind of perform, some do. Someone like Marty Short is unbelievably, brilliantly, otherworldly, hysterically funny, and is at all times. My dad is somebody who I think is quite serious a lot of the time, but would weaponize the humor growing up whenever he needed us to laugh in times when we were quite angry with him.
God, it's so interesting that because you write brilliant comedy and you, you know, you were just saying about how comedians also suffer from quite often from low mood. And I wondered if that was your experience as well. Yeah, I mean, I... It depends. I mean, I think if you ask my friends, they might tell a different story. But I feel like when you have to be kind of outward facing for your job, I see my personal life kind of as a space to be more low key and less performative, I suppose. Which I think is... is probably kind of boring, really. I think there's something relaxing about being a boring person. I love boring moments. Yeah. They're a bomb and they're kind of a neural reset.
Exactly.
There's this series on the Radio 4 here called The Archers, which is the most boring thing on earth. And I kind of medicate myself with that. And sometimes it's really exciting because, you know, it's so tiny, the things that happen.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:08–1:28
2
What fashion pieces is Dan Levy wearing and why?
1:28–17:51
3
How did growing up with a famous father influence Dan Levy's career?
17:51–25:35
4
What role does humor play in Dan Levy's creative process?
25:35–1:02:48
5
How does Dan Levy use clothing to express his identity?
1:02:48–1:17:48