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"Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable."
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"I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me."

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

"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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"A room is like a stage. If you see it without lighting, it can be the coldest place in the world."

"I often go on a liquid fast a couple of days a week. I never take just water. Instead, I'll have maybe six glasses of vegetable and fruit juices a day."

"I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me."

"I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution."

"My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that."

"Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable."
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