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"In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place."
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"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."
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"Whenever we don't turn the ball over, we're pretty productive. When you're turning the ball over, you're cutting down on offensive opportunities."
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"That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place."
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"I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft."
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"Ultimately, it's a pretty confusing moment."
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"But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good."
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"My MELD score was pretty high. And the worse you get on that scale, the sooner you get a transplant. It's based on how sick you are. And believe me, I was pretty sick."
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"I'm sure there's going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be Pretty. I usually use that song to just introduce myself to the audience, although the patter in between the song is always different."
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"It was a pretty rough neighborhood where I grew up The really tough places were over around Third Avenue where it ran into the Harlem River, but we weren't far away."
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"I'm pretty boring really."
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"If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic."
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"In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place."
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"I'd much rather be famous for being a fabulous bitch than being, She does that nice wife really well."
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"Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me."
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"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."
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"The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct."
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"You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor."
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"You can only do the work to the very best of your ability."
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"I wanted to show people I can do things other than the sophisticated bitch."
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"Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim."
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