Larry David says his irascible, mouthy character on Curb Your Enthusiasm is “about a quarter-inch” away from David himself.
Curb Your Enthusiasm, which last aired six years ago, is back for a 10-episode ninth season starting October 1. Besides Jeff Garlin, cast members include Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman and J.B. Smoove, with Elizabeth Banks, Bryan Cranston and Lauren Graham among the guest stars.
David was asked why he decided to bring the show back now.
“Why not?” he answered. “I’m not a miss-er, so to speak. I don’t really miss things, people, that much. But I was missing it and I was missing these idiots,” he said of the cast members who joined him to promote the show. “So I thought, what the hell.”
He also tired of people asking him if the show was coming back — but he wouldn’t put to rest questions about whether this would be its last season.
Asked if the TV version of Larry David might eventually become lovable someday, David replied, sarcastically, “No, no he’s not. But fascinating question.”
Would his character eventually have to face everyone he had wronged? That apparent nod to the series ender of Seinfeld, which David created with Jerry Seinfeld, induced real or feigned irritation.
“I guess that’s a Seinfeld reference? A Seinfeld finale reference? What are you doing? I braved traffic to get here,” David said. “Shame on you.”
David also will be seen on the upcoming season of PBS’ genealogy series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. In it, he finds out he has a family connection to Bernie Sanders, the senator and former presidential hopeful that David played on Saturday Night Live.
