“We connected so much it was
scary. I only knew her for those
three weeks, but afterwords she
wrote me letters and I wrote her
letters. It was a nice friendship.”
Many people are a bit worried
about meeting their idols because
they’re afraid what they might see
behind the curtain. But Van Zandt
had great experiences overall with
people who influenced him like
Lucy and Don Rickles.
“I was terrified to meet Lucy because
I’d heard a lot of stories
about what a tough woman she
was,” said Van Zandt. “I thought if
she turns out to be a creep it’s going
to kill me, but she was great.
And Rickles could not have been
nicer. He was probably the nicest
guy I’ve ever worked with to this
date. I would say there’s very few
people I didn’t get along with.
And even the people I didn’t
get along with, I understood
why. Most of it has to do with
fear. Take Martin Lawrence for
instance. When you’re a standup
comedian you’ve been your
own director, your own producer,
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