What are your other upcoming projects?

Danny Masterson: Well, my best friend is this girl named Brie Shaffer who wrote this script called Bunny Wiggins, which is the most fucking genius, dark comedy, dry-humored high school movie. So we have searched for a long time for a director, and every actor that has ever read it has been like, "This is one of the greatest written movies ever," and so after seeing like five hundred million demo reels and meeting some people, we just figured we would do a better fucking job than they would. If we got Spike Jonze or anyone to direct I would stick my fucking finger in his ass and hand it to him, but we don't have those guys. She knows what she wants, and I know how to get good acting out of people and make sure that shit is real, so we are directing that this spring.

You're known for being a poker enthusiast. How good are you?

Danny Masterson: I'm really fucking good. I have no problem saying that.

What's the most you've won and lost?

Danny Masterson: I don't really lose that much. The most I've lost is a couple of grand and the most I've won is a lot more than that.

I assume you play with a bunch of actors. Is it tougher against them?

Danny Masterson: As actors we get paid to lie, and poker players get paid to lie, so that works pretty well. But I play a lot with professional poker players and that's a different ball game. You see certain players that can just read you. Like, is your raise a bluff raise? They just know. Kathy Liebert has my number really bad.

You also do a jazz night at the West Hollywood club Guy's that has hosted some heavyweight folks. What's the best set you've ever seen?

Danny Masterson: Christina Aguilera singing Etta James. Macy Gray singing Marvin Gaye. Adam Levine singing Otis Redding. Roy Hargrove coming and sitting in for an hour. Stevie Wonder's band coming and playing some serious shit. Nikka Costa came in and sang the other day and that was insane. To see a really famous singer, someone who plays huge concerts, and suddenly they're in this little room singing Bessie Smith-it's just incredible.

You're from New York but you've lived in L.A. for almost 10 years now. How do you like the city?

Danny Masterson: I am a little more comfortable being in Manhattan, but I love everything about L.A. And people are like, "What about the fake, plastic blah blah blah?' And I'm like, "I don't go to clubs on the Sunset Strip."

That '70s Show sparked a revival in '70s gear.Are you getting sick of the look?

Danny Masterson: No, because my look was a little more crazy in the first year, but once we really established my character and everything he is about, I wear $300 vintage rock T-shirts from concerts that are just amazing, a pair of jeans, Frye boots, and my glasses. Mila [Kunis] has got it really, really bad. She has the most uncomfortable fashion-played '70s outfit, and Don Stark, who plays Donna's dad, has the full goomba look with the bull, the horn, and the whole thing. For me, it's literally T-shirt and jeans, so it's really not that bad.

What do you see happening next in L.A. style?

Danny Masterson: The hipsters are taking over, that's for sure. The last couple of years the only new fashion scene here has been the bombardment of the elitist hipster, pouring into Hollywood. Not into Hollywood, like the movies, but from Silverlake and down into my little East Hollywood barrio.

You're holding a grudge against people who live less than a mile away?

Danny Masterson: Hey, man, what do you expect? I'm from New York. Home // CELEBRITIES // THE SHOTCALLER // Danny Masterson