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" Every time my manager approached big network executives or even cable, they told him I was too dangerous. They couldn't trust me. "
Andy Kaufman
Me
Dangerous
Him
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" While all the other kids were out playing ball and stuff, I used to stay in my room and imagine that there was a camera in the wall. And I used to really believe that I was putting on a television show and that it was going out to somewhere in the world. "
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