Louis C.K. Wants to Do a Broadway Show- 'I'd Definitely Try It'

In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, comedian Louis C.K. revealed his big Broadway dreams. He told THR: "I definitely have huge benefits to how well I'm doing, but you do find yourself missing the climb. It's a little like Mount Everest. When you summit, you spend about 20 minutes up there, and you do a little dance, but if the 20-minute dance was really it, would you really risk your life for the amount of work it takes to get up and down? So every time I feel like I've found a clearing, I try to find something else that I don't know how to do yet. That's just much more interesting to me."

He continued: "If somebody said to me, "Here's a part in a play," I'd definitely try it, and some day I'd like to try to write one. That's a huge mystery to me. Every time I go to a Broadway play of any kind - good or bad - as soon as the lights go out and people come onstage and start to speak, I start to cry. I can't help it. The first minute of any play feels really stupid - they're pretending the audience isn't there, and they're having this loud dialogue, and you're like, "What the f- are these people doing?" - but it's so vulnerable. It's such an effort, and it's such a generous thing to do, and so I always get all choked up."

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Louis C.K. is a Mexican American comedian, editor, writer, producer, director, and actor.

He is the creator, star, writer, director, and (until February 2012) editor of the highly acclaimed FX comedy series Louie. C.K. is noteworthy for innovating direct-to-fan sales of tickets to his stand-up shows and DRM-free video concert downloads via his website. Over the course of his career, he has been nominated for 30 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning writing awards for The Chris Rock Show, LOUIE and his stand-up specials Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) and Oh My God (2013).

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