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" Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.' "

Scott Thompson

Look

Light

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" When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me. "

" I first got into fruit when I was a teenager, when my life was changing in every way. The first time I had a mango, at like 18, I was like, 'Where has this been my whole life?' "

" In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are we going to deal with that!' Guns in an American comedy are a given. Violence in America is used in a much more cavalier way. "

" I've pretty much given up on the orange. I really have. I just don't even bother. It's just either sour, or woody, or the skin's too thick. It's very nice when you come across the perfect orange, because it's really a beautiful experience. But the stakes are too high. "

" We have been so pleased with the response to our unique schools in the Nashville area, and we are confident that other areas will embrace our concept, as well. "

" My theory is that comedy comes from little people. "

" Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss. "

" I believe the things that happened to me as a child scarred me terribly, and I wish somebody would have helped me with some of the things that happened. "

Scott Thompson

Wish

I Believe

" People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded. "

" I won't play a teenager. "

Scott Thompson

Teenager

Play

" In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke. "

" I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of bridges. "

" Writing is a difficult thing. "

" Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase. "

" I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things. "

" I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy. "

" I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really. "

" Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch. "

" Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe. "

" Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer. "

" I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor. "

" My cancer continues to make for all kind of hilarity. "

" This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things. "

" I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted. "

" If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work. "

Scott Thompson

Each

Comedy

" My feeling with my characters is that they all have a right to feel exactly the way that they do, so I never censor them. I don't judge them. "

" I guess chemistry is just another word for love. "

" Comedy is actually very macho driven. "