The Ledger
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Callen: Many household-name actors have under $1 million in the bank
“Most people think that actors are, you know, set. My favorite. Like, I could tell you have, you would be so blown away. How many household names have less than a million dollars in the bag.”
Bryan Callen: Kids who never fly commercial will end up in rehab
“And to extrapolate on that, if your kids have never flown Commercially, you're probably gonna spend a lot of money on rehab later on.”
Callen: The belief in becoming a millionaire prevents class revolt in America
“The reason we don't have pitchforks outside, and the rich don't get, you know, Guillotine and lynched is because every American knows that they too could one day be a millionaire. So there's a potential. The potential to be a millionaire is huge in the America…”
Callen: Build rapport by hiding people's shame and highlighting their pride
“If you want people to like you, and if you want people to feel comfortable, and you, Help them hide what they're ashamed of. But you accentuate, and you highlight, and you speak out what it is they're proud of.”
Callen: Public figures cannot maintain a fake persona across three-hour podcasts
“You can't sell for three hours. You end up settling into who you really are.”
Callen: Top touring stand-up comedians make $20M to $30M annually
“So the comics that you, the big comics. Are making 20 to thirty million dollars a year.”
Callen: Matt Rife signed a roughly $65M deal with Live Nation
“Matt Reif, I think, sold a sixty-five million dollar deal or something like that. With Live Nation.”
Callen: Public Speakers Avoid Bombing by Distilling Ideas to Their Essence
“What I would say to you, though, maybe the way to avoid that in the future is to really dial down on what you're saying. Sometimes when we're not quite sure, we get into this gray area. And I would, it feels like, I didn't see the speech, but it feels like whe…”