jan 19
2009

Mike Tyson at Sundance

David Carr interviewing Mike Tyson at Sundance about the new documentary, Tyson:

Tyson: I'm getting over all this, all these cameras. That's a straight ticket back to picking up cocaine. All of this is very frightening and intimidating.
Carr: Will you tell me more about how that becomes a trigger. I just walked down the street with you, and I couldn't stand being that closely observed, I couldn't stand people swarming around me. How does that impact how you see yourself?
Tyson: You being a former addict yourself, I don't know how it works in your particular situation. But I never get high because I'm depressed or sad. I always get high because everything is going great.
Carr: Right. Everything's going your way.
Tyson: Do you understand that?
Carr: Oh, absolutely.

2 comments

Ill.

posted by stevemarsh at 3:27 PM on January 19, 2009

In other words, "Thanks for interviewing me David Carr. I'm now back on coke because of you." To which Carr responded, "Oops, now me too."

posted by Rex at 4:26 PM on January 19, 2009




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