Peter Weller knows that most people think of him as RoboCop. But he also knows that when they approach him to talk about RoboCop, it’s his opportunity to talk to them about art, jazz, theater and many other areas that are not merely hobbies for him, but actual artistic pursuits. Peter tells Marc why he got his Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History and how his jazz trumpet playing in college stuck with him his whole life, leading him to a friendship with Miles Davis. They also talk about the necessity of art during times of political upheaval and revolution. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Lock the gate! What's happening? Today I talk to Peter Weller. Now look, you know him, most people know him as Robocop and Buckaroo Banzai. He was also in Naked Lunch. That was a film based on the book by William Burroughs, done by David Cronenberg. And he was in The Sons of Anarchy. But he's also a jazz musician and interestingly an art historian.
He has his PhD in Italian Renaissance Art History and he's publishing his first book. Ja, das ist der Kerl. Das ist ein multitalentierter, ständig interessierter, intelligenter Kerl, der sich nicht nur in einem Trailer befindet, auf dem er auf dem Robotsuit aufsteht. Und er hat auch schon ein bisschen mit Showbiz unterwegs. Das war eine völlig überraschende Konversation.
All right, I will tell you that right now. You know, I am, I wouldn't call myself an intellectual, but I know a few things about a lot of things. I know some stuff about a lot of stuff, but it only goes so deep, you know, because I'd never really... I don't know that I ever intellectually committed myself to any one discipline. And everything was sort of like just a rabbit hole to me.
And at some point in a rabbit hole, you reach a ledge or a place to hang on. You realize, I'm just going to stop here. I can't go any deeper. And this is where I'm going to be comfortable with where I am now and slowly make my way back up again. I'll be in Grand Rapids, Michigan coming to GLC Live at 20 Monroe on Friday, April 11th. That's next Friday.
And then in Traverse City, Michigan, I'll be at the City Opera House on Saturday, April 12th. In Los Angeles, hier in L.A. I'm at Dynasty Typewriter, Monday, April 14th, Saturday, April 26th, and Tuesday, April 29th. Those are all at 7.30 p.m. Gonna do Largo in L.A. Got an 8 p.m. show on Tuesday, April 22nd.
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