Jordan Peele Is Sick Of Watching Himself | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

do you miss performing do you miss it at. all or is it like nope that was that was. fun done with that yeah I mean I think. it's it it it it does. feel uh like it's it's uh it's hard to. it's hard to say I guess I guess maybe a. little bit but it's just kind of. starting I mean I did that run with ke. and Peele really was getting to do. everything and that came at the end of. like you you've been out there for a.

while you've been doing improv you're on. Mad TV so you you had been working it. for a while before people really got to. know you in yeah I was I was slinging. rock in a um sketch comedy form on Mad. TV yeah you know and and then of course. my entire sort of what was meant to be a. collegiate career was dedicated to. improv and sketch in Chicago and.

Amsterdam M so I feel like I no I I I. you scratch that itch what I get to do. now is just more fun just more fun yeah. well also I mean you're creating worlds. which is just I mean what could be. greater than that I mean I'm I'm you. know to and to be to. be uh fair and and clear it's. like there's there's something that's. possible when you have have this as you.

know this privilege of working with this. enormous team of people who are like. okay I'm I'm on board with your vision. let's go yeah and there's something that. is just you know that's just uh you feel. like okay this it's not about me anymore. it's about this thing we can we've built. and we're building and these things that. we're going to build it it's it's hard. to look back at all that time especially. because like like 300 short films short. comedy films if I wanted to do one again.

I got to do it again and ultimately I'm. not I'm I'm I'm sick of watching myself. and so I don't know what you're talking. about yeah you get. it I know it is really funny we all of. these cameras on here are just on him. yeah yeah we're not we don't even have. your mic on this is just we're going to. later try and remember what it is you. said all right.

uh I'm going to read over we have a. transcript of what you said it I'm going. to read it back right. well just the that's the creepiest idea. yeah a guy has uh lost his mind to that. degree but uh that's that's Alex Jones. right didn't know but he was we're. working our way towards that format we. just have to yeah we'll get there don't. you wor guys it's a corporate move came. from up top so um I'm curious what's it.

like now you're in this position where. you are getting to meet these directors. these people that made your childhood. helped form your. sensibility do you have an easy time. walking in and going hey how are you or. do you get a little self-conscious. around people like that it depends who. and um it's not. necessarily uh it's not. necessarily a one toone who is is you'd.

think would be easy to talk to I. remember meeting Michael. man and you know you always hear he's. kind of gruff and you know who there all. kinds of stories can predate meeting. somebody I just felt he was so kind of. warm connected. cool and um and I and and so I I had no. nerves uh talking to the guy yeah Paul. Thomas Anderson you know he's a good. friend of mine I've I've spent a lot of. time with him and I'm still very nervous.

around him so it's what's weird yeah you. know cuz he's just that cool he. is do you get to call him PTA I'm like. Pete PT yeah PTA no yeah I do I think I. have called him cuz Sandler's friends. with him he's always going he's always. saying things like hey con calls me cone. hey since SNL days but he sticks with. that and he goes like hey con yeah I. just had uh you know I'm having a. sandwich with PTA and I'm always. remembering like wait. you're parent teacher.

I'm like oh I forgot I'm not cool but. yeah another you forgot for a second I. just I'm sorry I forgot I was because. you actually have lunch with the parent. teacher associ when I yeah and I'm. disappointed when Paul Thomas Anderson. shows up no no one says Paul Thomas. Anderson anymore no one says that. anymore people say PTA okay well guess. I'm not didn't get the memo my whole. life if I remember write an autobiograph. it's like I didn't get the memo no by. the way he would he would disagree with. me by the way way on the record I think.

he would I think he' say no please yeah. call me Paul probably yeah probably I'll. stop speaking for him he he does a. pretty good job yeah I just uh now where. are you in the midst of working on your. next film uh I mean you probably can't. say anything about it but where I I. don't even understand how your process. works do does an idea come to you and. then it just percolates for a while how. does it happen yeah I mean this has been. a obviously an interesting year because. uh the writer strike has had me sort of.

in a a a state of um listening y you. know and uh that's kind of where I've. needed to be and I I I do feel like you. know my next project is um is is clear. to me and and I'm I'm I'm psyched to to. that that I have another film that you. know it could be my the could be my. favorite movie if I make it right that's. awesome can't wait can't yeah yeah oh.

yeah yeah that's very cool I could be. totally bullshitting you guys right now. and you guys I can't wait yeah well I'll. be comped you'll have to pay yeah well. we'll do it we'll just I'll get my yeah. we'll uh no they should you want them. them to they pay why don't you just pay. for us and then cuz I'd like to go for. free with. PTA as my plus one I know that that. that's on offer I don't know that that's. on offer thank you Jesus have you talked.

this was going so well this is one I. love this discussion and then I I you. pushed it too far I pushed it too far. that's on me I'm going to look at the. tape later and go like yeah that's the. part that was the moment that's the ruin. moment I ruined. it.