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" Every time I see somebody behaving truly insanely in real life, I think, 'Yes! I'm not over the top after all!' "

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" I won two Golden Globes, and there was a long, long period in between the wins. That might be explained by the fact that when I first won the award, for '3rd Rock on the Sun,' I satirically compared aliens on the show to the Foreign Press Association. And they did not take that well. "

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" One of the problems in our lives is that people from different segments of our society just don't communicate with each other, nor do you ever see entertainment where they communicate with each other and fight with each other. "

" I owe my whole career as a storyteller to my father. He was an actor/director/producer and teacher. "

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" I am in the business of exploring crazy possibilities. "

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