Stardust (II) (2020)

Marc Maron: Ron Oberman

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• Ron Oberman : Okay, the thing to remember about LA is that they love an exotic Englishman out here, all right? They're going to be endless kissing your ass and promising you the world.

  David Bowie : Yeah, sounds awful.

  Ron Oberman : Just remember, it's not reality, all right? This is an insane, fucked up city of lies. It's like rock candy mountain or the fun fair in Pinocchio.

• Ron Oberman : I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm a fucking minority of one but all it takes is one believer to change the world, right? And we got two.

  David Bowie : Two?

  Ron Oberman : You believe in yourself, don't you? Because if you don't, we're really fucked.

• Ron Oberman : He's just a 100% committed to whatever the fuck he wants to do. What you see is what you get, you know what I mean? I mean just no pretense, no affectation, just pure rock and roll, man. I mean, okay, you know, he was out of his mind on fucking heroin but my point still stands, all right? I mean if you're a 16-year-old kid and you're watching that, he is God, because he is everything you can't be. You know what I'm saying? Definitely the most insane front man on the planet Earth.

• David Bowie : He was my educator in matters of taste. Terry's drawn to dives and fleshpots, the world's dark places.

  Ron Oberman : Sounds like quite a character.

  David Bowie : Oh yeah, I think I'm just his shadow, really.

• David Bowie : I don't even care that he was fake.

  Ron Oberman : Why?

  David Bowie : Well, you know, a rock star or somebody impersonating a rock star, what's the difference?

• Ron Oberman : Maybe things'll look better in the morning.

  David Bowie : Probably not.

• Ron Oberman : Fuckin' look at you, man. You're real.

  David Bowie : Yeah, the last time I checked.

• Michael Oberman : Come on, he looks like Lauren fucking Bacall.

  Ron Oberman : Actually he prefers a latter day Garbo

• Ron Oberman : I mean, if you can't be yourself...

  David Bowie : Well, I can't, can I?

  Ron Oberman : Well then be someone else. Be someone else.

  David Bowie : Who?

  Ron Oberman : I don't fucking know.

  David Bowie : Well, thank you. That was extremely unhelpful.