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" Anybody who's done standup will tell you that there's nothing like it. The show starts at 8:00, the curtain goes up and there's nobody else except you and the audience, and you just perform for them for two hours. Nobody yells, 'Cut!' There are no retakes. That is still the most exciting medium for me, and I love it. "

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" My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen. "

" I would have to commit a crime and have cops chase me. That would be the only way to get me to jog five miles. "

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" When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me. "

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Blown

Stage

" Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently. "

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" Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter. "

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" Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don't think I could successfully pull off being on a project like that without really losing my mind. "

" My nieces and my nephews think the only thing that I do is 'Ice Age.' That's fine with me because pretty soon they'll grow up enough to realize that I suck or that my time has passed, whichever it might be. "

" I actually like talking. "

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Actually

Talking

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Much

Type

" I will not bond. I will not share. I refuse to nurture. "

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" I basically - I don't like tattoos, unless you're a firefighter who has a tattoo that has to do with that or a military guy. That's - those are people who should have tattoos. "

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" I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. "

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" I always hated the Grateful Dead. Never even bought a Led Zeppelin album. "