David Letterman is opening up about his life after showbiz, saying he has 'greater humanity' since returning to his home state of Indiana. The 77-year-old comedian left his long-running late night talk show, Late Show, in 2015 after 22 years on the air. He left Indianapolis, Indiana in his 20s to pursue his dream of being a stand-up comedian, a journey that took him to New York City, Los Angeles and beyond.
Letterman has since returned home to Indiana, opening up to GQ about his life after showbiz, which has changed quite a bit. 'In show business, I find that I have pretended to be someone I’m truly not,' he said in the wide-ranging interview. 'In my life here in Indiana and at my home with my family, I am probably the person I actually am. And I regret that they don’t kind of cross at any point,' he added. When asked if he thought being in showbiz made him a 'worse person,' Letterman immediately responded, 'Yes. You're exactly right.' 'And I don’t know, maybe it’s only because I went through show business. I got that out of my system eventually that I can concentrate on being a better person and probably couldn’t have reached this point if I had not gone through the exercise of trying to succeed at show business,' he added. 'I just feel like personally, I have greater humanity than I did when I was in show business,' Letterman continued. He added, 'It was all single-minded and great pressure, real unimagined, and I felt like it’s all on me, and it’s all on me, and that it was all nonsense.' 'All I cared about was television, one hour of television that I was responsible for, for 30 years,