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"That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50."
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"I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction."

"Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff."

"The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry."

"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."

"You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians."

"I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them."
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"I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle."

"I recently found out about this other super movie star. He only works from about 11:00 to 4:00, so all his movies take like 120 days. But this was a lot of stuff to do in 35 days."

"This movie will actually increase the sex life of parents everywhere because they can put this on, with the 45 minutes of extras and they've got almost two hours to do whatever they've got to do while the kids watch the movie."

"I couldn't do any of my other characters, you know? But I could have done the lady. Church Lady's Malibu Beach party is an idea I have for a movie, too. Yes."

"It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh."

"We didn't even think about it, you know? I used to collect laser discs, and you'd have some college professor analyzing It's a Wonderful Life or Citizen Kane, and now it is pretty funny - the idea of commentary for a silly kid's movie, you know?"

"I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character."

"That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50."
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