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" As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make me laugh and are therefore my favourites are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fawlty Towers. "
Colin Mochrie
Loved
Television
Me
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" The American audiences are more vocal and enthusiastic. British audiences tend to sit back a little more. "
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" I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine. "
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" We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes. "
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" The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, these are just some of the people who threatened to sue if we used their songs. "
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" The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge. "
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Me
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" I'm handsome, no ands, buts or ifs. "
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Handsome
Buts
Ifs
" And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie. "
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Lie
Truth
Would
" Nine out of ten Americans believe that out of ten people, one person will always disagree with the other nine! "
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Person
People
Will
" You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk Band. Until an unfortunate typo caused us to be expelled from school. "
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You
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High School
" Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin! "
Colin Mochrie
Give
Muffin
Liberty
" My most important professional accomplishment to date is the ability to keep working with absolutely no skills whatsoever. "
Colin Mochrie
Professional
Accomplishment
Important
" My god! It's a hamster with explosives taped around it's waist! "
Colin Mochrie
Explosives
God
Waist
" Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod? "
Colin Mochrie
Dying
Well
Rivers
" Please call your second witness, and then call your mother, she worries. "
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Your
Call
Mother
" There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their reluctance to hire me for big budget blockbusters, but the thing I would love most would be if they understood people don't have to be Hollywood beautiful to be sexy or interesting. "
Colin Mochrie
Change
Love
People
" To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap. "
Colin Mochrie
Work
Discipline
Why
" Give me liberty or a bran muffin! "
Colin Mochrie
Muffin
Me
Liberty
" We'll be back to our nature documentary, 'Baggy the Anorexic Elephant' in just a second. "
Colin Mochrie
Elephant
Nature
Documentary
" Hey, Ryan, if Sting retires, will he change his name to Stung? "
Colin Mochrie
Hey
Name
Sting
" I have many favorite artists... Van Gogh as one, but he didn't really sing a lot! "
Colin Mochrie
Lot
Sing
Many
" I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people. "
Colin Mochrie
Myself
People
Person
" I do enjoy working with Ryan although he owes me money. "
Colin Mochrie
Me
Working
Owes
" Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy. "
Colin Mochrie
Taste
Crazy
Think
" As I get older, I'm trying to accept improvisation into my day-to-day living. "
Colin Mochrie
Improvisation
Trying
Living
" We all have a dinosaur deep within us just trying to get out. "
Colin Mochrie
Just
Dinosaur
Within
" When I'm on stage, it's a little world I've created where I'm sort of the thing, so I have total control over everything that happens. When we're improvising, I'm with someone I totally trust. I know things are going to work out. I don't have those guarantees in life. There are no consequences on stage. "
Colin Mochrie
Control
Life
Trust
" There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky. "
Colin Mochrie
Living
Thought
Skill
" My agent, Jeff Andrews, suggested I write a book. For some reason. he doesn't like it when I'm not doing anything. "
Colin Mochrie
Doing
Write
Book
" Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises. "
Colin Mochrie
Famous
Today
Story
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Hills
Just