Amy Schumer talks growing up on LI: 'I wouldn't want to live there again'

It took a fellow Long Islander to open her up, but comedian Amy Schumer was rather revealing when actor Alec Baldwin interviewed her on his popular WNYC podcast, "Here's The Thing," which dropped Tuesday.

As far as her Long Island roots, Schumer, a former Rockville Centre resident, spoke honestly to Baldwin, who grew up in Massapequa, about her feelings on the subject.

When Baldwin, 57, asked her, "What does Long Island mean to you?" Schumer, 34, replied, "Um . . . I'd like to still perform there so I don't want to say."

As Baldwin pressed, Schumer said, "I had a good high school experience and everything but my town [had] major anti-Semitism. There were a lot of things that I loved and a lot of things I didn't love. I wouldn't want to live there again."

The comic went on to explain that her family went through some tough times on Long Island including financial strains and her father, Gordon, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

"We went bankrupt and had to move into, like, a shack" in Hempstead, she said.

Schumer added that her mom, Sandra, currently lives in Long Beach and her father resides in a hospital on Long Island.

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She said she plans on delving into her close relationship with her ailing father in her upcoming book, "The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo."

"It's therapeutic for me. . . . I can write about these experiences with my dad, which have been really painful but really funny -- just, like, so dark that you just have to laugh," Schumer said. "Having a sick parent lets you know anything can go away. You are not invincible."

Schumer revealed she will begin filming the fourth season of her Emmy-winning Comedy Central show, "Inside Amy Schumer," in January followed by shooting an action-comedy flick, "Mother/Daughter" in March in Hawaii with director Jonathan Levine (2013's "Warm Bodies," 2011's "50/50" and the upcoming "The Night Before").

Baldwin concluded by asking Schumer if she's happy after her year of massive success and she surprised him again.

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"No, I'm OK. . . . I'm as happy as I was waiting tables," admitted Schumer. "I don't think there's any other level of joy maybe unless you have children. And if you're in love. That's like a drug, you know."

"I'm not depressed, I'm just, kind of like, fine," she said.

Schumer just put her Upper West Side condo on the market for $2.075 million. The 1-bedroom apartment on the top floor of a town house has two wood-burning fireplaces and a private rooftop deck, according to real estate database Zillow.

By David J. Criblez

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David J. Criblez is a reporter for Newsday's exploreLI, covering entertainment-related events from local music to stand-up comedy to festivals.