Modified On April 11, 2006
Bankrate.com interviews Jeff Foxworthy about money. After he tosses out the obligatory gag or two, Foxworthy gets serious (if somewhat vague) about money:
Bankrate: Presuming you have crossed this threshold, when did you decide to “get serious” about your money? What is your personal risk level?
Foxworthy: I got serious pretty early because I didn’t know how long I would last in this business. I have had a financial adviser for over a decade. We discuss allocations and he understands my rather conservative financial nature.
These Bankrate.com people like to talk to comedians. We cited one of their mini-interviews with George Carlin some time ago. If you scroll down on the page, there are links to that one and to chats with Jeff Garlin and David Spade:
Bankrate: From a business standpoint, between movies and TV, is one more lucrative than the other?
David Spade: I think I always just try to take what’s right for me. I turned down tons of money in the sitcom world this year to do shows because nothing seemed right, and then I took way less to do the Comedy Central show because it seemed like the right kind of thing. So at this point, once I can pay my rent and have a car and help my mom out, then it’s like, “OK. I can’t make decisions based on that.” I wouldn’t do commercials unless they were funny, and Capital One, I like. If more came up that I didn’t like, I wouldn’t do it. It’s case-by-case.
Bankrate: So you’re in a comfortable enough situation where you can have some discretion?
David Spade: Yes. Sometimes, I order two Diet Cokes, and I don’t even drink one. That’s the way I roll.