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- I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell…
- I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.
- I think if you try to tailor your act to anybody, you end up with an act that doesn't work anyway.
- With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.
- You can't make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody.
- That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky.
- You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad.…
- Twitter is one of those dangerous toys that if it gets in the hands of the wrong person you'll have the mind of a 12-year-old…
- You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean…
- Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of…
- You can't make money on Broadway. You make nothing. You maybe make like $1,350 a week after you pay out all the producers.
- The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay.…
- I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't…
- The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found…
- I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you…
- Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.
- He is very dry but also very funny... I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic…
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