Joy Division and Taxi Drivers

 

Peter: So, you know the strange thing about it is, it does seem like it’s going to be a really big hit.

Sam: It’s incredible for a little independent movie about a band, you know that not everyone’s heard of. It’s taxi drivers I find are the biggest Joy Division fans.

Peter: Haha! What is that something to do with being miserable you think?

Sam: I don’t know what it’s about, but I’ve been given whole books of receipts by taxi drivers.

Peter: Maybe it’s guilt, mate.

Sam: It will be, mate. (Describes scenario: ‘I’m an actor.’ ‘Oh what have you been in?’ ‘Oh, nothing you will have seen.’ ‘Have you ever heard of Joy Division?’ ‘Have I ever heard of Joy Division? I fucking love Joy Division!’ ‘I’m playing Ian Curtis in a movie.’ ‘You’re fucking joking? You look like him and all. Here, have these receipts.’

Peter: Haha! I tell you what, after you’ve been doing it for 30 years you get in a cab and say, ‘I’m a dentist’.

Sam: Hahaha! I’ll stop that one: ‘I’m an actor.’

 

Peter: We always used to find that every time you got in a cab, right, you know and you’d just come back from America, or Australia or something like that, right? And you say to the taxi driver. ‘I’m in a group,’ and he goes, ‘Fuckin’ ‘ell! My brother’s uncle’s sister’s boyfriend’s in a group, do you know them?’ You know it’s like that thing about Americans thinking that all the English know each other. It’s fantastic, so after about 10 years you start saying you’re a dentist and then he goes, ‘My brother’s sister’s boyfriend’s a dentist, do you know him?’ Hahaha! It doesn’t matter what you say.

Sam: Hahahaha! The taxi driver knows them.