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- When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
- Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.
- I've never been able to write for stand-up.
- Incredibly, almost every hotel I ever played in Vegas was blown up shortly afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark, The Aladdin, The Frontier, The…
- When I was growing up in comedy, there were maybe 10 comics in the whole country. Everyone had a day job. You worked free for…
- The thing about breaking up when you get older, you just don't have the steam anymore. "Oh, that's it. I can't start shaving my legs…
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- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
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