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"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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"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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"Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy."
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"I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me."
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"One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes."
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"I hate comedy... Yo...-yo bitch."
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"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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"98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed."
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"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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"You need to understand that some comedy can have consequences."
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"I never watch comedies they suck if something sucks it sucks there isn't doubt about it."
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"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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"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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"There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!"
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"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."
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"Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love."
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"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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"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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"I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days."
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"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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"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."
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