Oct 23 2007James Lipton used to be a pimp – literally
James Lipton, host of Inside the Actor’s Studio, spent his early years working as a pimp in Paris. James has interviewed the top actors of our time for the past 13 years and is revealing the details of his life in a new book. ABC News reports:
"This was when I was very very young, living in Paris, penniless, unable to get any kind of working permit... I had a friend who worked in what is called the Milieu, which is that world and she suggested to me one night, `Look, you'll be my mec... We would translate it perhaps... as pimp. We were earning our living together, this young woman and I, we made a rather good living, I must say."
James also set up sex shows in hotel rooms for American tourists:
"I had to accompany my clientelle to the Rue Pigalle, which is where these things occurred. And then I'd take them up to the room and I had to remain there because they were very nervous, they were young Americans for the most part... and they didn't speak French."
James Lipton and I are a lot alike if you think about it. We’re just two pioneers trying to help others look at girl’s sexy parts. I mean, sure that’s our only similarity because I’ve never been to France. And maybe I’m not the dean of a distinguished acting school. Also I’ve never interviewed Al Pacino or Harrison Ford. Okay, maybe I’m just a guy in his boxers surrounded by whiskey bottles and Legos. But, if that’s not exactly like James Lipton, then clearly I have no idea who the hell he is. He was in Star Wars, right?
Reader Comments
1. Italian Stallion - October 23, 2007 12:00 PM
FIRST you festering cuntholes
2. eat me - October 23, 2007 12:02 PM
not first...but still ahead of your bitch ass!!!!!
3. veggi - October 23, 2007 12:07 PM
hey TT, sleep with jimbo for today...
4. p911gt10c - October 23, 2007 12:08 PM
Hey, no one ever said pimpin was easy.
Oh, and #1, you're a loser.
5. Auntie Kryst - October 23, 2007 12:10 PM
I thought I hated this guy, and I have to take it back. I like this story. A pimp in Paris, dig it.
6. veggi - October 23, 2007 12:10 PM
ITALIAN STALLION SUCKS DONKEY DICK!!!!
7. PunkA - October 23, 2007 12:12 PM
wow, will ferrell was a pimp is france??? who knew?
8. That's Hawt! - October 23, 2007 12:14 PM
I love legos and whiskey
9. veggi - October 23, 2007 12:15 PM
hey #6...
fucking troll!! get lost..
10. Texas Tranny - October 23, 2007 12:16 PM
Yes Auntie, a pimp in Paris (France) would be sweet.
I wonder if he stayed and watched when he took the Americans up to her room.
Hey, Veggi
11. stupid - October 23, 2007 12:16 PM
somebody really likes veggi's name. haha! loser!
12. veggi - October 23, 2007 12:17 PM
#9----hey fuck you. go eat a hot and spicy turd. don't try me, you moose fucker!!
13. Texas Tranny - October 23, 2007 12:17 PM
Some dipshit has been trolling my ass too.
14. Cindy - October 23, 2007 12:17 PM
What do James Lipton's scalp liver spots have to do with BRITNEY???
15. veggi - October 23, 2007 12:18 PM
TT are you talking about last night or here?
16. nipolian - October 23, 2007 12:18 PM
My earlier post:
"Some of my favorite movies:
All the Right Moves
Risky Business
Top Gun
Born on the 4th of July
A Few Good Men
Tom Cruise is a stud!!!"
Oh Yeah, I forgot The Outsiders, can't forget about The Outsiders.
17. Sue - October 23, 2007 12:19 PM
It has always made me ill to watch this guy leer at the female actresses he interviews.
18. Auntie Kryst - October 23, 2007 12:21 PM
TT from the article is sounds like he did just that, or at the very least had to hang around as sort of a chaperone. Granted being a pimp is not something many people aspire to be, but if ya gotta do it why not in Paris? Lipton is cool.
19. Texas Tranny - October 23, 2007 12:21 PM
Last night, Veggi
20. a concerned citizen - October 23, 2007 12:21 PM
TT, what's wrong honey? did you get fisted too hard last night? hope your day gets better you cock-knocker
ps---------------------------------BRITNEY ROCKS!!!!!!!!
21. Bunchin - October 23, 2007 12:21 PM
He had a visible boner when he was interviewing Dakota Fanning.
22. TT - October 23, 2007 12:21 PM
not here
the one on the previous post
23. Sam Hain - October 23, 2007 12:24 PM
Big deal, he leers at pretty women. I freeze-frame Dakota Fanning movies at closeups so I can jizz all over her pretty face on the screen. I like her because she keeps her big eyes open.
24. PunkA - October 23, 2007 12:27 PM
Someone needs to make a movie about this so will farell can interview james lipton. I;d just love that interview.
25. That's Hawt!! - October 23, 2007 12:27 PM
What does this have to do with Harrison?"???????? Oh Indy!
26. D. Richards - October 23, 2007 12:28 PM
I'd pay to see Lipton bitch-slap a motha' fuckin' hoe. After the pimp beat-down, James would rub the whore's face as he explained the work of De Niro in great detail. I like James Lipton. He might be insane but there's something endearing about him. Pimpin' in Paris sounds romantic.
27. hegadeth - October 23, 2007 12:30 PM
@16 - TCLTC!
28. antropio - October 23, 2007 12:31 PM
He's not exactly the first person in show biz to become successful by following a strict daily regimen of kneepads and semen.
29. TT - October 23, 2007 12:34 PM
Damn 28, it's getting me nowhere.
30. Rick - October 23, 2007 12:38 PM
The story's BS. "I was very very young, living in Paris, penniless, unable to get any kind of working permit." We all know what that means - "Hey mister, you want a blow job or what?" And there are PLENTY of French guys who love to sneak in a quickie with a boy. I'm sure James knew a prostitute - probably plenty of them - but all they did was exchange stories about the worst-tasting semen ever.
31. Violet Sin - October 23, 2007 12:40 PM
I'm not surprised, since many artsy types do adult work to keep the bills paid.
32. TT - October 23, 2007 12:41 PM
French semen tastes like wine and cigarette butts.
33. PunkA - October 23, 2007 12:42 PM
i wonder if this dude reviewed the performances of his ladies after they got down to business as he reviews movies? Imagine how that helped sales and skill sets? He can help an industry i think.
34. Paris Hilton - October 23, 2007 12:43 PM
French semen taste like whine and butt.
35. FagHag - October 23, 2007 12:43 PM
@33,
No way.
He stood in the corner and jacked off into his hand and licked it up. (still does)
36. sammichmaker - October 23, 2007 12:46 PM
He does have a creepy "I'm yer uncle, come sit on my lap" look. Just sayin.
37. cogs enmeshed - October 23, 2007 12:46 PM
the gay, jewish pimp, how lovely!
i'm going to go read CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT again, in honor of this eighty-one year-old queen.
xo
38. Italian Stallion - October 23, 2007 12:53 PM
#1 wasn't me. I have never wrote "first" and anyone who has ever read my posts knows that. I think that shit's stupid. "festering cuntholes"?????? Who the fuck says that? Not I..........
Fucking stupid ass people that can't just post as one handle and have to use others. Pretty gay shit right there.......
Fuck off.........
39. sammichmaker - October 23, 2007 12:55 PM
38 Italian Stalion- been happening to Veggi, TT and pretty much everyone else here. They're fucking retarded douchebags.
40. Bigheadmike - October 23, 2007 12:58 PM
I , like everyone else here, has nothing to say about this. Kind of interesting
41. Texas Tranny - October 23, 2007 12:59 PM
I can't understand the thought process behind the fucking trolls. The only thing I can come up with is, that they (it) must be like 10 years old or something. Either that or they are Losers.
42. That's Hawt!! - October 23, 2007 1:00 PM
Sayin' TT!
43. Ript1&0 - October 23, 2007 1:01 PM
Dude!!! You missed the part of the story where Barbara Walters comes in and goes upstairs with two French hookers!!! I'm serious, I saw an interview where he told that story. Look into that man. Hilarious.
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45. nipolian - October 23, 2007 1:13 PM
Enough of this limp dick pedophile bring back the tits and ass.
46. bah - October 23, 2007 2:40 PM
at #23
Unless you're 13 years old, what the fuck are you doing freeze framing Dakota Fanning? You're sick.
47. Sam Hain - October 23, 2007 3:04 PM
So what's your point?
48. Sam Hain - October 23, 2007 3:36 PM
Alright I get a troll, too!!!
My work here is done.
49. Jimbo - October 23, 2007 3:41 PM
now THIS is my kinda girl!!!
50. moobs - October 23, 2007 5:14 PM
I CAME here for the half naked pics of Lipton, and left unsatisfied
*sigh*
51. lastangelman - October 23, 2007 6:29 PM
Me and James, we been there, we know, him in Paris France, entertaining shmuckey AmeriTouristas with French stench whores, and me as house foreman to a bunch rock solid beefeaters for brokeback cowboys in Paris Texas. Fortunately, unlike Jim poor Jim, I did not have to watch my talent perform. I like fillies, usually in threes or fours, I wears them out so quickly, it saves time having to call the agency for another or trying to rope one in from the Steak'n'Shake or Dunston Steakhouse. But I digress, but that is forgivable, for I am a manly man and Jim is, well, he is Jim. Anyway, nothing shrinks the turtle and induces bazooka barfing in me than man on man on man on man, you get the picture, I have to retch, one second here
....
Ok, that wasn't a second it was a gut wrenching ten minutes 48 seconds. Where was I, oh yes masturbating wildly to Halle Berry not being funny on Leno.
52. mickey - October 24, 2007 1:48 AM
He's creepy. Ever watch one of his shows. He kind of just stares at his guests -- longingly. No onder the celebs love him. Such an ego stroker!!!
53. iburl - October 24, 2007 3:18 AM
Suddenly, his whole crappy show makes sense.
54. Blondamnation - October 24, 2007 3:29 AM
The only thing shocking about that story is that James Lipton ever actually lived in Europe. He's French?
He looks like the old janitor from school who hangs out near the men's room a little too much.
James Pimpton on Ass&Entertainment
55. tits mcbean - October 24, 2007 9:56 AM
Here are the ten questions (compiled by Bernard Pivot) that James Lipton asks every guest on Inside the Actors Studio.
1. What is your favorite word?
"Pivot"
2. What is your least favorite word?
Lipton's Iced Tea
3. What turns you on?
Everything
4. What turns you off?
Small Penises
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Cock/Balls
6. What sound or noise do you love?
Butt-Sex.
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
Heterosexual Sex.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Pimping.
9. What profession would you not like to attempt?
Acting.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Do you always have to sound like such an assface?
56. Lexoka - October 24, 2007 12:41 PM
"Look, you'll be my mec"
Actually, it's "mac".
57. Eric - October 25, 2007 12:36 AM
This isn't really a surprise. Farley Granger's autobiography (published earlier this year) describes an encounter with Lipton in 1950:
Arthur [Laurents] ran into Jimmy Lipton, whom he had known in New York. Lipton, then an out-of-work actor picking up odd jobs in Paris, is now known as the TV host of Inside the Actors Studio. He convinced Arthur that we had to see an "exhibition": "It's as much a part of Paris as the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre." If we gave him the money, he would take care of all the arrangements. Arthur was sure he was getting a commission. Ethyl was game, so several nights later we went to a tacky brothel in Montmartre, where we were taken upstairs to a bedroom with nothing in it other than a large bed and some chairs grouped nearby. A few minutes after we settled down, a rather ordinary-looking thirtyish nude couple in towels entered and took a very formal bow. When they whipped off their towels Ethyl looked at me in such a way that I knew I would lose it if I looked at her again. Our "actors" then proceeded to demonstrate lovemaking styles from around the world: very formal and stiff as the British; frisky and juvenile as the Americans; harsh and militaristic ass the Germans; exaggeratedly passionate as the Italians. None of this was erotic. By the time they got to "and now the Russian way," the woman spread-eagled on the bed and the man launching himself at her from the far side of the room, Ethyl and I were laughing so hard that we had to help each other from the room. We went downstairs to a little bar where we sat drinking and talking with all the prostitutes who were not otherwise engaged. Buddy and Arthur soon joined us. It was the highlight of the evening.