Quote of the Day (Garry Shandling, on His Supposed ‘Intimacy Issue’)

“My friends tell me that I have an intimacy issue—but I don't think they know me.”—American stand-up comic, writer, director, producer, and actor Garry Shandling (1949-2016), quoted by Tad Friend, “Annals of Hollywood: The Eighteen-Year Itch,” The New Yorker, Apr. 13, 1998

The image accompanying this post, of Garry Shandling with then-girlfriend Linda Doucett, was taken Aug. 1, 1988, at that year’s Emmy Awards, by Alan Light.

TV Quote of the Day (‘The Larry Sanders Show,’ on How the Host Is Like Greek Myth)

“You're like one of those goddamned creatures out of Greek mythology: half-man, half-desk." —Producer Artie (played by Rip Torn) to his boss, neurotic talk-show host Larry Sanders (played by Garry Shandling), in The Larry Sanders Show, Season 3, Episode 1, “Montana, ” original air date June 22, 1994, teleplay by Garry Shandling, Peter Tolan and Paul Simms, directed by Todd Holland