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" Comedy is so subjective, you know what I mean? To sit there and technically pick it apart is so stupid. "

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" When you live the life of a comedian, it's such a state of arrested development. I can't deal with anything very maturely. I'm still really bad at paying bills or doing anything that would be considered semi-adult. I'm really bad at it. It's weird I can create and run a TV show, but I can't pay my phone bill. "

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" If you want to be a comedian, go out. Do a week in Des Moines, Iowa. Try to make those people laugh. "