In his most candid interview yet since the end of the Tonight Show run, O’Brien talks about his new show on TBS, his Irish heritage, how close his new studio is to Jay Leno's, and on weather or not he thinks he has OCD.
On how close his new studio is to Jay Leno’s, and whether or not they bump into each other: “We’re in Burbank, and NBC is not far away…I think if I worked out and had help with hydraulics we could hit it with a tennis ball. [Leno is] a guy you hear coming a long way off. There aren’t many three-cylinder engines in California that run on peat moss. And we hang out in different circles, so I don’t think we’ll be bumping into each other.”
On his new show Conan on TBS:
“I don’t want to get lost thinking how this show will be different from any other show I’ve done. Will I overthink it? Yes. Do I think I should? No. How’s that? At the end of the day, it’s going to be me doing whatever is in my power to entertain people for an hour. I’ll break any rule. I’ll use dangerous chemicals if I have to. I will meddle with the laws of God.”
On whether or not he thinks he has OCD:
“I do not think I have OCD, and I’ve checked with my doctor 10,000 times.”
On his Irish heritage:
“Nobody cares if you make a disparaging comment about the Irish. It is the one ethnic group no one gives a sh*t about. ‘Oh, those wife-beating drunks.’ Irish people go, ‘Yes! Ha-ha! We got mentioned.’ They don’t care.”
Read the whole Conan interview after the jump.
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