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7898 Musician Quotes

But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom.

A Good Thing Because Disappointing Disapproval
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I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television.

High High School I Love Lot
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And as far as actors go, Peter Sellers is my all-time favorite.

Actor All Time As Far As Far
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I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

College Either Government History
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I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vice-president of the student bar association.

Association Bar Council Even
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Trust yourself and believe that God will always be there for you.

Trust God Yourself You
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I see myself as a new artist again who is hustling. That's my mentality, I don’t walk into a room expecting anyone to know who I am. I'm just here to get a seat at the table

Artist Hustling Mentality Know
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if we remove sex from relationship you will discover that most of we ladies have nothing to offer in relationships, search your conscience, what else do you offer aside from sex

Sex Relationship Ladies Nothing
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Remove money from a relationship and you will discover that over 90% of ladies won’t see a reason to be in a relationship.

Money Relationship Ladies Reason
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I'm always excited to try something I haven't done.

Always Done Excited Something
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I never set out to do a sketch show.

Never Out Set Show
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To me, comedy is a game.

Comedy A Game Me
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Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival.

Boat Choice Choosing Enjoyable
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For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'

About Before Church Come
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But what I was going to say was, I just figured I'm going to go boldly in the direction of my dreams, say it as Thoreau would say, and just see where it takes me.

Boldly Direction Dreams Figured
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And my only rule being if when I wake in the morning I'm looking forward to the things that I have to do that day, then I'm on the right track.

Being Day Forward Looking
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I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old.

Being Comedy Fan Going
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Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some people and if they laugh, they laugh right away.

Away Because Fun Funny
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I think a lot of stuff I find funny is from day dreaming.
Day Dreaming Find Funny
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When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding.

Always Because California Kid
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I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.

Acting Direct Fun Have Fun
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People only have so much attention.

Attention Much Much Attention Only
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I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.

College Finish Fit Get
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And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money.

Any Course Had Jobs
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I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny.
Funny I Think Kid Me
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Fashion is so over the top.
Fashion Over Over-The-Top Top
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I don't devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.

Bit Comedy Compared Devalue
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I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.

Actor Burning BurningDesire Desire
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I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over.

About Anything Anywhere Funny
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I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.

Dying Funny Me Necessarily
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I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities.

Ability Comedies Creative Enjoy
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I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

Along Career Comedy Doing
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I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener.

Best BestWay Energy Gardener
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I just watched Paul Michael Glaser. He was the reason I wanted to do the movie because as a kid I was such a big fan of his. I watched all the episodes and tried to get a feeling for what he was doing.

Because Big BigFan Doing
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I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.

Chance Countrymen Depressed Distraction
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.

Could Face IThink Most
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.

Actor Curious Dramatic ICan
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I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people's expectations of me as a comic actor.

Actor Allow Comic Dramas
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I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

Always Behalf Characters Endure
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I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.
Expert Humor Sense SenseOfHumor
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I've had a very good career and I'm grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.

Acceptance Appreciation Career Good
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If you look at my eyes when I'm dancing, you'll see that glazed look.

Dancing Eyes Look See
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It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous.

Anonymous Auditions Bad Blessing
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Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it.

Because Comic Desire Funny
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Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.

After Forced Maybe Necessary
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My own parents were touchy-feely.
MyOwn Own Parents Were
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Paul is Starsky, and I met him before shooting. He was very kind and encouraged us to go with what we wanted to do. It was very sweet to see them back with the car after 25 years.

After Back Before Car
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Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.

Accept Career Comedies Confined
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The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.

Cliches Find Generic Most
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The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.
Acting Again Cable Career
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