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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

BULLET POINTS Andrew Dice Clay on the ups, downs and U-turns of a strange career

was the most controversial • ON THE DICEMAN was because I’d made wants to talk to me about I comic ever,” says Andrew “I’m not a political figure; a choice: Am I going to ‘Entourage.’ I thought Dice Clay. I’m just a comedian, and make another movie or it’d be this little walk-on, The 57-year-old is known for I felt people who came am I going to raise my but Doug says, ‘I’ll put overstatement, but this remark to the shows got the two sons? There was you on the last season rings true. A couple of decades joke. Anyone who takes nothing to think about. and see what happens.’ back, Clay was huge—selling anything I say onstage During the recession, Woody Allen saw me out Madison Square Garden seriously is a fool—it’s so I was in debt, I was on that, and suddenly (twice), headlining his own ridiculous. But that was battling with my ex. I had I’m in front of Woody movie. But he was also hated mostly journalists, writing about 30 grand in cash, reading lines. I don’t for the foul-mouthed misogyny about ‘the comedy of so I took it to Vegas. I even understand this. I’ll of his “Diceman” alter ego, and hate.’ I can’t blame them— won $1 million, then lost never understand.” many celebrated his decline. that was a great story to most of it back. There Then, a few years ago, Clay tell. My job was to get were times I felt shook • ON THE BOOK landed a role in “Entourage,” the energy up, excite the up—I’ll put it that way— “I couldn’t write every- which provided the launching crowd, and they would go but even then I knew I’d thing down, so this is like pad for an unexpected come- crazy. Was Diceman me? find the light at the end CliffsNotes about my life. back. Last year, he followed It’s complicated: We’re of the tunnel.” Besides all the craziness, with a brilliant performance in both from Brooklyn, we I’m hoping people will Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine; he’s both smoke and we both • ON THE RESURGENCE see someone very driven. set to appear in an HBO drama like women. Andrew “If you’d told me a few I wanted the book to produced by Martin Scorsese treats his women with a years ago that Woody have a little inspiration in next year; and he recently met little more respect.” and Scorsese would be it, and I think it does. But with James Franco to discuss a calling me, I’d have I don’t lie. This is movie version of his life—which • ON THE LOW POINT laughed at you. not a clean world, is hilariously documented in “It was about seven years It started when I and if there’s Clay’s new memoir, The Filthy ago. I was going through bumped into this something filthy Truth (out November 11). a messy divorce—the guy I hadn’t seen going on, I write Here, Clay tries to explain what cliché. My career was in 15 years and he about it, like the

happened. —CW in the toilet. But this tells me Doug Ellin time I…” [Cut!] (PORTRAIT) HOYLE MATT

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