The late-night giant is back – and his beard might come too.
‘We’re negotiating,’ Letterman says of the facial hair.
Letterman hopped on the phone to tell EW a little bit more.
Im thinking of Jerry SeinfeldsComedians in Cars Getting Coffee, for example.Right.
It was about nothing!
So I just hate him!
He set the bar too high, you know.
But Im very pleased with my own situation.
Not so much the show, but being in India.
I cant pretend to understand the culture, I dont know if anyone really does.
But anyway, I thought, can we do more of these?
And nobody said, sure lets do more of them!
I was the only one who wanted to do more of them.
[Laughs]
So the idea is long, in-depth interviews and field pieces, right?
That really opens it up to just about anything that you might be interested in shining a light upon.Yes.
These people, Netflix, its a pretty powerful force and I get to take advantage of it.
We get to start with six shows.
You write down six people or circumstances it could be anybody.
Thats where its going to start.
Im 70, but you cant stop learning and you cant stop growing.
At some point, I have to stop arguing with my family.
Did you find you were getting restless in retirement?No.
Hes two weeks, hes four weeks, or hes five weeks.
Then you switch to months: three months, six months.
Then when he was 10 years old, I said to myself,stop it.
Get ahold of yourself, Dave.
You cant be broken hearted every time this kid gets a year older.
I cant do any of those things.Come on up to the house!
Well get you in something.
This is why the schedule is great.
Its six shows, however long that takes.
It really seems inhumane.
So is the plan to have one topic per show?
And then, in addition to that, we get you up here to drive a dump truck.
Im looking forward to turning out something very nice.
My belief is that the show will incorporate music in some way.
Its my hope that Paul will be represented in that fashion.
Oh dont worry, it wont happen.
But, you know where I got that was from David Brooks.
He said the same thing.
I said Ill just use this and comfort others.
We can pretend hes not president.
People are excited theyve missed you.No they havent.
Peoplehavebeen so nice to me.
I was in Colorado this winter.
This young girl in the coffee shop, I said, Hi Im looking for the airport.
So she says Okay, here, here and here.
I tell her she has to write it down.
She writes it down, its very precise.
And she says, are you walking?
And so I realized, I look the way I look and Im that guy now.
Im the guy whos walking to the airport.
