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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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Akiroq Brost

"Comedy to me has always seemed a social tightrope for the comedian. For all axioms intellectually sound the general public would prefer to be amused, but in those emotionally sound, it then chooses to get offended."

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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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Akiroq Brost

"All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us."

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"I know the fashion is that everything is fair game [for comedy material] but I don't believe that."

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"There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake."

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"Bob had a dog buscuit stuck to his head. 'How does he always get food stuck to him?' I asked Morelli. 'I don't know,' Morelli said. 'It's a Bob mystery. I think stuff falls out of his mouth and he rolls in it. I'm not sure.'-Morelli And Stephanie."

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

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"Good comedy is ageless."

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Akiroq Brost

"I don't think being a comedian gives you any fucking insight into what makes people laugh."

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Akiroq Brost

"It's okay. I'm-'Fine? Joseph chimed in. 'Obviously not. You need to be checked out by a doctor. 'I am a doctor. I rolled my eyes at him, but that didn't deter him from his train of thought. 'Not that kind of doctor.'What is 'that kind of doctor' going to say when they see my shimmering pink blood, Joseph? I changed my voice to mimic one of a concerned doctor. 'I'm sorry ma'am, you appear to be suffering from a mild case of Pretty Pretty Princess syndrome. Have you ingested any magical woodland faeries recently?"

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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."

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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."

Man

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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
"Drama is not hard for me. It just didn't seem hard."

Drama

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Jenna Elfman
"There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing."

Power

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Jenna Elfman
"Comedy is much more challenging, because you have to have the same level of belief but you have to make people laugh, and that's definitely a challenge."

People

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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."

Comedy

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Jenna Elfman
"It's such a pleasurable experience to look back, and all of the fun I had just comes rushing back."

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Jenna Elfman
"It was the most pleasurable thing I've ever done, playing this character, and I just remember feeling so at home and so - I don't know, I was just happy - and it just wasn't ever work! It was like a sandbox for me, and I would crack myself up rehearsing."

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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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