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" I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy. "

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Man

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Role

" 'Yogi Bear' changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me. 'Yogi Bear' - there's everything before 'Yogi Bear,' and there's everything after 'Yogi Bear.' Like a major car accident, or the birth of Christ. "

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" I actually prefer Twitter as a medium, and I also got into Periscope for a second, but I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it. I can't figure out if the only important thing about it is the live broadcast, or if it's an interesting kind of way to log what you do. "

" I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant. "

" Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. "

" I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts. "

" I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life. "

" It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity. "

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" There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff. "

" If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard. "

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Always

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" I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 - the area code, not the band - Mile High, until I die. I'm 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don't glove it. I think waxed mustaches run a very thin line between hipster and 1800s barkeep. "

" Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy. "

" It's always fun to agree to be in a movie when you have no idea what it's actually going to be! "

" It doesn't matter to me if I'm in love with my performance, so I watch all of my performances to understand and learn from them and figure out what's working and what's not. And I see the movies that I'm in in the theater a lot. "

" Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic. "

" My face is oblong. But the best grooming is confidence. "

" I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something. "

" Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird. "

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" I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. "