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Jenna Elfman

"In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama."

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A.E. Samaan

"Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity."

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A.E. Samaan

"As if I'd had time to drug it in the two milliseconds she'd let me out of her sight."

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A.E. Samaan

"I never watch comedies they suck if something sucks it sucks there isn't doubt about it."

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A.E. Samaan

"Have a chocolate-covered raisin, he said."They look like rat droppings, said the Chair.The Dean peered at them in the gloom."So that's it, he said. "The bag fell on the floor a minute ago, and I thought there seemed rather a lot."

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A.E. Samaan

"Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy."

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A.E. Samaan

"She's got feet like boats, whiskers like an American, and her undies are filthy."

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A.E. Samaan

"You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you?"

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A.E. Samaan

"Because it's uncensored cable, I think we'll be able to do the kind of sketch comedy that really hasn't been seen before. We can actually finish jokes."

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A.E. Samaan

"There's always been physical suffering in comedy."

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"Partly because the town is just finicky, there are strange Catch 22 clauses in the consciousness of this community and one of them was that you, I found out, you can't do a comedy unless you've just done a comedy."

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Jenna Elfman
"You know, she was a girl. She was a female. And she wasn't like, trying to compete in a man's world and she wasn't trying to be in a man's position, she was just who she was. And I think that was like, a good thing."

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Jenna Elfman
"I can't say I can foresee the future and tell the stars, you know. But I do have an understanding for my own reality, just elements and things that I've learned from."

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Jenna Elfman
"And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing."

Woman

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Jenna Elfman
"And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended up buying it. And the viewers responded intensely to that film."

Buying

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Jenna Elfman
"In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama."

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Jenna Elfman
"And you don't want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you're playing with Bob Dylan."

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Jenna Elfman
"I got good notice from that show, and on the last day of filming Townies, Twentieth Century Fox called wanting to meet with me about a development deal."

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Jenna Elfman
"Especially while television I think is going through some growing pains or is in need of - I think current comedy is a bit, uh, not happening, you know?"

Comedy

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Jenna Elfman
"I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television."

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Jenna Elfman
"Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence."

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