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Shawn Wayans

"They'll say, That's funny, but you can't do that on TV."

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A.E. Samaan

"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."

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A.E. Samaan

"If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress."

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A.E. Samaan

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

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A.E. Samaan

"A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it."

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A.E. Samaan

"My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head."

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A.E. Samaan

"Things that go on at Happy Times are very funny this year, and if you were watching last year, some of the people you saw then as basically extras emerge as real characters in their own right this season, at least to some degree."

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A.E. Samaan

"But you can't focus on things that matter if all you've been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know."

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A.E. Samaan

"Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out."

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A.E. Samaan

"The funny thing about commercials to me is that many of them now don't even mention the product until the very end. You don't really know what the commercial is all about. They're kind of like little movies, like shorts, and that's why I think they're so entertaining."

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A.E. Samaan

"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music."

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Shawn Wayans
"I knew when I was 6. I just knew it; I didn't care about nothing else. If I didn't make it in this world, I would probably be homeless. I gave myself that little to fall back on."

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Shawn Wayans
"Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen."

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Shawn Wayans
"We definitely have our finger on the pulse. You have to keep up. We decide what to watch by what's funny."

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Shawn Wayans
"You lose your privacy, and sometimes, people don't see you as human."

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Shawn Wayans
"We still have that same burn, to get that same kind of laughs. So whether the studio wants us to or not, we're going to do it. The money is just a byproduct of coming out with good stuff. Our whole thing is building that rapport with the audience."

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Shawn Wayans
"Any time something does that well, you gotta follow up."

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Shawn Wayans
"We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels."

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Shawn Wayans
"We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross."

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Shawn Wayans
"We like writing with each other; it's fun."

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Shawn Wayans
"A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character."

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