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A mug, he says, snapping his fingers.

You need a mug.

TheHangoverstuff by which he means fame was a struggle.

4, and producers would say, Can you come back in to read for Bellhop No.

Then suddenly I was getting asked to be in big movies.

It messes with your mind, because I knew that I hadnt gotten any more talented or deserving.

Galifianakis gets up from his chair to check on the wood-burning stove.

He sits back down.

I feel funny talking your ear off about myself.

If those movies had been hits, it probably wouldve driven me awaymorequickly.

He self-mockingly rolls his eyes.

I know this all sounds whiny.

In any case, Galifianakis has plenty other things hed rather talk about.

I do not believe in pot for people in their 20s.

It affects their get-up-and-go-ness.

Im not even comfortable passing a joint to someone younger than me.

And my first thought wasGod, I wishhewas president.

He looks away to an imaginary camera.

Well be right back with more from the worlds worst public-affairs show!

Maybe Ive just matured, he says.

If you always want to be the fat guy who says things that dont make sense, thats great.

But at this point in my life I want to try different storytelling.

The viewerships up to 700 people now, he says proudly.

The goal is to get up to 950 and see if we can crack those advertisers.

(Chip wants to be a professional clown but only an artful one.)

Obviously, he adds, Id like it if more people knew aboutBuckets.

Did I hear him wrong?

Thats what my parents think its called.

Until this season, C.K., whod helped bring the series to FX, was one ofBaskets executive producers.

That relationship has sincebeen severed.

We just kind of put our heads down and worked on the new season.

Then he slumps forward in his chair, his head hanging.

Hes closing his eyes tightly, as if to hold back tears.

It grosses me out.

He exhales.Thats all I want to say.

There are days, and theyre not infrequent, when Galifianakis imagines walking away entirely.

I think about it all the time.

My life is more important than my work.

The stand-up would be hard to not do, but my interests are more homesteader interests.

(For example: He loves his tractor.)

He waves his hand dismissively.

I had to tell her that secretary of Agriculture is what Im more comfortable with.

*This article appears in the January 22, 2018, issue ofNew YorkMagazine.