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From then on, I was focused. I get terrible bags under my eyes. This tendency to worry made it particularly hard for Cummings to deal with the vitriol directed her way last year, plus she felt like she was the last to know. I started realizing what was going on, and I went through trauma. For Cummings, some of the criticism, particularly that she was a poor role model for women, was hard to understand.
Cummings began frantically trying to turn the show around—but as a kid who learned a lesson that she had no one to rely on other than herself, she had a hard time listening to others.
She tried softening her character and taking the focus off her by emphasizing the rest of the cast but felt that nothing worked. In order for art to imitate life, you have to have a life. So I was limited in how good of an artist I could be. Now I believe you make something and you go off and you live more and you grow and then you come back and make something else and hopefully, your work is actually evolving. If I just only kept putting things out, I would be putting the same thing out.
How could I improve? I also do lots of different things. I just want to be interested. You should do something else based on your last book and keep building up on it.
I like this one. Why am I going to give this thing a year of my life or whatever. Like making the movie, for example. That was just an experiment. We made it in 15 days for not even a million dollars. It was like, I mean—the coverage, it was very—. Figuring out in post and fixing it in post. Doing that weird, little—I wanted to learn about neurology and I wanted to make a movie about—.
And no one else was going to make a movie—. I think when something comes out based on the success of it, then you decide if it was worth it.
If one person reads it or a million people buy it, right? The reaction is the only thing that matters anymore. I found that I was chasing a reaction, chasing a reception, and chasing a feedback. You want to miss someone a little bit. I think that I also experienced being ubiquitous and having a—. I also know that about myself.
I mean, Kevin Hart—what he has done is amazing and he does it so brilliantly. Like the kids celebrity show. And a radio show and—. To me, I just try to be authentic if I can and honest with myself and to just try to keep up with everybody which is what I used to do, frankly.
This chasing. My biggest fear now, being boring is one that I struggle with. And you said the most interesting person is always the most interested person. And you also ask it and then let the person answer. You stick the landing. Like you ask the question and you wait for the answer which is unbelievably—.
If you actually just asked a question and listened to their answer, which is the advice my dad gave me that seemed so simple. And then once they do—. So I have my assistant interview people first. Am I going to like this person? Are they going to fit into our culture? You can make a mistake a day if you want, a huge mistake a day. My bar is really low. So attitude, effort. And my willingness to have clear vision, and I was willing to get up early, work out. I never drank my whole life.
So effort, attitude, the desire and willingness to continue to learn. I need an effort, I need an attitude. Or you knew messed up, how would you respond?
This probably sounds manipulative—you have to sometimes. You got to test people. You guys can go get this book right now since it was such a big hit the day it dropped. So for that to have happened for me to not surrender and surf that wave would have meant this book was for nothing.
But yeah, and I have a new stand-up special. You gave me a permission. I asked for permission. Can I talk about this? Can we talk about this? Can I say this? Can I have this opinion? And the audience is always right. It used to be like, We make fun of the president and then we say the things no one can say.
We hear about that all day, every day now with Twitter. How many times are you going to stub your toe on the table before you either move the table or go around the table? And then go from there.
The trailers are incredible on Instagram right now. They can see you on tour in LA. I want to acknowledge you for a moment, Whitney. Because you have an amazing heart. I think that is a thing that people should recognize the most about you. All these things, and you tell incredible stories, but you have a powerful heart because you continue to desire to get better and you want to improve. So I acknowledge you for your heart. This one is, so maybe it will pause for a second. Just imagine.
But you have one last tour and one last performance. But at the end, you get to leave people with three things you know to be true about your life and the lessons you will leave behind.
What would you say are yours? Like it works? Whatever I say works? Like I want to leave that behind for you is like a truth, a lesson. Or like, the health is the most important thing in your life.
So just give me examples. What are your truths? For me, it can be lessons of life. Not like when you see a dog and buy it or something, but like a lesson that you would want to leave behind. This is all people would have to remember you by.
What would you want to leave behind, these truths, these lessons? This is hard. It solves so many problems when you tell the truth. I mean, I really need guidance to know how to—I really need walls to operate in because I get too—. TV, movies, whatever—the family you want. So no one access to any of the work you have anymore. But you get to write down three things to be true to you. You get to say a message in front of an audience that you can leave behind, and this is all they have.
These lessons to live by. Kind of your commandments. It always goes like this? I want to win this one. I want to beat Sam Harris. Number one, what would you say? How much am I getting paid for the show?
That helped me a lot, so I know that to be true. Like 50 people have said it and nobody knows who actually said it. The way we treat animals is our legacy because animals are just what would have less power than us. So I think that is something that just the way we treat our women and children and animals is who we are ultimately.
IThis comedy show is going to be awful. My last show is going to be terrible. The way you treat other people is very much a reflection of who you are and how you feel about yourself.
Are you choosing to toxify your environment or are you choosing to purify your environment? Your final message for the world. How you treat other people is a reflection of you. They can be simple. This is so hard. There is this new radical self-love thing that is giving people permission to be jerks. I drink four glasses of wine a day, but I love myself. That is a banger. Yeah, I like this one.
So you won with that. Sam, take that. You can be the new story, right? I think that most of your thoughts are science fiction.
You know, whatever. Good news, bad news. I think that a lot of our beliefs being science fiction is really helpful to me. Are you calling me dumb? Is that two? I like it, yeah. Mistakes are always where the magic is and everything.
This is amazing. I really acknowledge you for stating this. If I can support you in any way, just let me know. You can be a mess and have success. You can just be a trainwreck and still have success. Maybe that imperfection is also okay. Been through it all. I got to come to your show. You do it every week down here [inaudible].
This is my final question for you for this interview and I hope I do more with you in the future. Greatness is about shutting your mouth and not saying that thing or not giving that criticism or not losing your temper.
Greatness is more about being stoic. Leaving some kind of impact. Like making them think differently, see something differently, laugh at something they never thought was funny. If you leave a comedy show that I did knowing less or not having tweaked to your perception of something, I failed.
Otherwise, what are you doing? That they feel inspired to make an impact. They want to take an action, think differently, share with a friend. That can be greatness. This is such a big—I think greatness can be really tiny. I like that. Well, this is the last question so I appreciate it. Again, thank you for your heart.
I really like [inaudible]—I want to say I like [inaudible] someone I really like you [inaudible] I feel weird [inaudible]. I just think—. I appreciated you being here. Thank you. A big thank you, my friend, for being here and listening to this episode.
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Words of Wisdom At the end of my interviews, I always ask my interviewees about their three biggest truths in life. Kindness and forgiveness can fix anything. The way you treat others is a reflection of how you feel about yourself. Mistakes can be where the magic is. You can be a mess and still have success. To Greatness,. Some Questions I Ask:. When did you realize you were good at stand up? In this episode, you will learn:. Show Notes:. Connect with. Transcript of this Episode.
Thanks for having me. Comedy Store? I was So you got sent away? For how long? Forgiveness is selfish. I only have one, but yeah.
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