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"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."
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"The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry."
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"I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them."
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"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."
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"A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image."
"People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than we make anyone else laugh."
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"I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling."
"It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again."
"It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous."
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