Its an exploration of high and low, as Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) explained to EW.
Im just so overwhelmed.
Because Im not that guy.
Credit: Netflix
I never thought I would be that kind of person that would appreciate that.
And its just weird.
When did you ever have a TV show in mind?
Netflix
Or a documentary?Never.
It was never, never, never supposed to happen.
Im in constant disbelief.
I think that my aloofness might come across as weirdly confident.
But that doesnt mean that Im confident in anything Im ever doing.
I just came out of the Olympics and were launching a Netflix show.
This was a nightmare month for me.
For a lot of people, youd think this was the dream.
[Laughs]
Do you watch these kinds of shows?
Do you watch your kind of show?I dont.
I love Tony Bourdain so much and I watch, but I dont.
The reality is, I dont watch TV at all really anymore.
I barely catch up on stuff.
Do you think of yourself as having to be an entertainer now?
Do you gotta put on a show?Oh man, thats a lot of existential questions!
Lets try this: Are you an entertainer?No.
That was the fastest no Ive ever heard.I think first foremost I work in the restaurant business.
Everything else is sort of secondary, incidental.
Truth is, I didnt get into this to do [TV].
Do I want people to be entertained?
So I hope you people are entertained.
Are you happy doing it?
Do you like making entertainment?
I feel like the shows something thats a mixture of many things, right?
Happiness happens to be one of them.
I met Morgan doing something that didnt air for HBO.
If its not working, this isnt something that happens.
It was truth-telling in a way that I didnt anticipate.
I dont know if people ever believe that while there was some structure, most of it just happened.
That New Orleans episode is completely off-the-cuff unscripted.
We just went out to dinner.
I think fun to me is not the same for other people, maybe [laughs].
We got drunk we had an amazing meal with the server, things got out of control.
The entire time I see Morgan filming, Im like, What are you doing?
and hes like, This is crazy.
But we were eating food that was in vogue 400 years ago.
The one that was really hard was dried deer tendon.
I couldnt eat it.
Its a moral dilemma.
And heres the guy in front of me.
It was humiliating and humbling.
Im glad they captured it.
I come off as a fing idiot, it was super challenging.
The last thing I want to do is come across as disrespectful.
Its something you see that replaces all and any other thought in your mind.
Ugly Deliciousis available for streaming on Netflix now.
