06/04: Diddy on Comedy, Acting and Changing His Image
Amy Kaufman of the Los Angeles Times has a feature on Diddy, with quotes from him, "Get Him to the Greek" producer Judd Apatow and director Nicholas Stoller and acting coach Susan Batson. It makes for a great read.
"I think this role will definitely be a revelation to people," said Combs, known to most as Diddy, as he leaned into a couch backstage at the Greek Theatre last month. "People have this perception of me — which is my fault — of maybe a rapper or Champagne-sipping and Hamptons and white fur and just cliché type of things that are just kind of old and dated and corny, which isn't how I am today, you know? That was just part of my image for a second. It wasn't who Sean is. You evolve — like, I need to retire my diamond necklace and fur jacket now. Things change. Times change." ...
"Our shoots are demanding, and he was on set every day, exactly on time and super-prepared," added Stoller in a separate interview. "And that's why he's a mogul. You can't be where he's at in his career and show up to things late. He treated it like a real learning experience — like, 'You guys understand comedy; I want to learn that.'"
Via
Rap-Up.com.
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