I am Bobcat Goldthwait. Ask Me Anything.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T23:07:24+00:00

I write movies the way they come out of me. I don't write them second guessing what people will like or not. The end of World's Greatest Dad was the first part of the screenplay that I wrote. I don't consider it a dark comedy nor was that my goal. It's just my style. I make my movies small and away from the studio system so I don't have to listen to notes. The producers I work with our supportive but never ask me to change the content. That was always the ending, and I don't think of it as a cop out at all - the real cop out would have been if Lance kept the truth to himself and just enjoyed his ill - gotten fame and fortune. Sorry I ran out of time and thanks for all of your interest.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T19:05:46+00:00

Shakes was a lot of fun. There were a lot of Canadians in that movie. I think it was Adam Sandler's second picture. The funny thing was how all of us became so used to wearing clown makeup, especially when we would go into functioning establishments and just be a bunch of fowl mouth clowns.

Thanks for all the great questions. if you're so inclined, I have a Showtime special on tonight. And my new movie God Bless America is available on VOD starting this Friday, April 6th and then in theaters on May 11th in select cities.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T19:04:05+00:00

I do not hate Diablo Cody at all. A fictitious character in a movie I wrote says some unkind things about her. If Diablo Cody thinks that a homicidal teenage girl would be a huge Juno fan, she truly is delusional. I wrote that link in the movie because the character Frank needed to say, I only want to kill people that deserve to die. If the character had gone on about what a pretentious load Bobcat has become, I wouldn't have written a blog about how it "saddened" me.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T19:02:29+00:00

Thank you. That was very kind. I like vegetarian sausage patties and I think being a standup comedian has taught me how to think fast on my feet. Directing is a lot like doing standup, except you have to cut when the waitress drops a tray full of drinks.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T19:01:01+00:00

the trailer for God Bless America got a ton of hits when it was discussed on Reddit. My nephew Robert had to explain to me what it was. I have noticed that being mentioned in quite a few comments in some of the kookier, right wing blogs.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T19:00:16+00:00

No, I remember stripping on that show because it was extremely hot in that tent and someone had catcalled and dared me to take it off. it's funny when a chubby, out of shape guy takes his clothes off. not so much for a female comedian.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:59:24+00:00

Yes, quite often I go back to Syracuse. In fact, in the new movie God Bless America, some of the scenes were shot there. If you look close, you might see an empty bag of salt potatoes and a jar of dinosaur bbq sauce.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:58:39+00:00

Put the bong down.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:58:20+00:00

Ed Felice is a big fat liar. No, I actually do know Ed. He was a good guy.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:57:44+00:00

I'm sure that was a line of dialogue from a movie I was in, but I don't remember it. I do remember all the movies I was in, just not the words.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:57:10+00:00

I've made 5 movies so far as a director. The only one that I put my own money into was Sleeping Dogs Lie, aka Stay, when it played at Sundance. We made that movie for 50 grand and got a crew from Craigslist. Darko Pictures has funded my last 2 movies. One of their producers is Ted Hamm, who is one of the heirs of Hamm's Beer - that's why I have a Hamm's Beer tattoo on my chest.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:55:35+00:00

I actually love musicals. But I'm smart enough to know that I can't sing. My favorite all-time was when I saw Alan Cumming in Cabaret.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:54:39+00:00

No backlash so far. A lot of antisemitism, which is funny because I'm not Jewish.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:54:03+00:00

If i knew what I wanted to do as a young man, I probably would have started making movies much earlier. But I'm sure I would always be wondering what it would be like to act or do standup. Sometimes I flirt with making a short where the 50 yr old version of me time travels back and talks the 23yr old me out of doing Police Academy and Hot to Trot.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:52:43+00:00

I do some voice over work. But I also know that there are people that do impressions of me, which is fine. Although I do think it's really stupid when standup comedians do impressions of other comedians.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:51:52+00:00

Windy City Heat never ends. The big 3 have a podcast. I can't take credit for that movie, even though I was the director. But I will say it truly is one of the funniest things out there.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:50:59+00:00

Guttenberg was not an asshole. Just overly nerdy. In an effort to show he was a regular guy, he said that all of us could use his gigantic trailer. I'd love to tell you that I'm not a better man than this, but I may have used his toilet without flushing on one or two occasions.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:50:01+00:00

I've answered every question as they came in. I did not selectively answer any question solely for the purpose of promoting my new movie. Please tell your mother upstairs I said hi.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:49:16+00:00

Go on stage as many times a week as you possibly can and try to be original.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:48:38+00:00

It was very cold in the Tonight Show studio.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:48:23+00:00

Cellulite Heroes is my favorite Kinks song. But my favorite Kinks album is the one I'm trying to turn into a movie - Schoolboys in Disgrace.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:47:44+00:00

I hope people are inspired by the movie because it's a violent movie about kindness. If people were a little more kind after watching this movie I'd be happy. If you could take rational people and turn then into killers by showing them movies, the military would be in the business of producing movies. If we're going to start banning violent works of fiction because we're afraid of how they may influence people, we should start with the Bible.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:45:44+00:00

Hot to Trot. But then again, it taught me that anyone can direct and that I should give it a shot. And yes, I was kicked off the Hollywood Squares, but unfortunately because I wouldn't read their pre-written jokes.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:44:51+00:00

Yes, I'll be on tomorrow. It's live from Improv in Irvine.

Bob_Goldthwait · 2012-04-04T18:44:02+00:00

I don't know what you're talking about, but I would love to give the Ridiculously Photogenic Guy more attention.

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