Well-worth Reading

There's a terrific and long interview with Jon Stewart, written by Hadley Freeman in the London Guardian.  He talks about the reasons that went into his decision to leave The Daily Show, as well as discussion the show itself and his movie Rosewater, which he's in London promoting.  There's also some interesting biographical discussion of his early life.

(By the way, if you haven't seen Rosewater -- and most people haven't -- it's really quite good.  Unfortunately, his distributor really did an awful job getting the film out.  There were no screenings of it during Awards Season, and it even took Netflix a long while to make it available.  But the screenplay is smart, and moves along pretty well, and there are some very good directorial touches, most especially for a first-time director.)

The article is titled, "Why I Quit The Daily Show, but that's a bit deceptive.  He does talk about it at length, but it's not like there's some Great Revelation, just a general discussion of how his thinking led him to the decision.  And most of the article is about many other things.  Anyway, you can read the interview here.