Steve Martin
I love this clip of Richard Pryor getting interviewed by the local newsman on the set of Stir Crazy (1980). All the newsman wants is an expletive-free bit — just the tiniest bit — that he can air that night, and Pryor is too coked up and belligerent to give it to him. In order to appeal to Pryor’s vanity (at 1:16), he belittles Steve Martin, but even an ultra-loaded Pryor can see what he’s doing and pushes back: “Don’t knock Steve Martin to try to build me up!” That’s character.
(via vetyverandleathr)
