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Douglas Wood

"I am a big fan of the TV series Taxi which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen."

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Donna Grant

"Have a chocolate-covered raisin, he said."They look like rat droppings, said the Chair.The Dean peered at them in the gloom."So that's it, he said. "The bag fell on the floor a minute ago, and I thought there seemed rather a lot."

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Donna Grant

"Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy."

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Donna Grant

"I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me."

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Donna Grant

"One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes."

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Donna Grant

"I hate comedy... Yo...-yo bitch."

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Donna Grant

"Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs."

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Donna Grant

"98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed."

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Donna Grant

"Comedy to me has always seemed a social tightrope for the comedian. For all axioms intellectually sound the general public would prefer to be amused, but in those emotionally sound, it then chooses to get offended."

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Donna Grant

"You need to understand that some comedy can have consequences."

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Donna Grant

"I never watch comedies they suck if something sucks it sucks there isn't doubt about it."

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Douglas Wood
"That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am grateful for the opportunity to have worked closely with some of the most powerful and successful people in the business including Steven Spielberg and Ted Turner."

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Douglas Wood
"Right now, writing for me is most rewarding because I'm old enough now to have something to say, which probably wasn't always the case."

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Douglas Wood
"There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!"

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Douglas Wood
"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."

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Douglas Wood
"Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love."

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Douglas Wood
"I am a big fan of the TV series Taxi which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen."

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Douglas Wood
"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."

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Douglas Wood
"I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days."

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Douglas Wood
"I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust."

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Douglas Wood
"I love all of Albert Brooks' work from Defending Your Life back to his first film, Real Life, but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work."

Life

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