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" I looked at game show hosting as the bottom of the totem pole, one step away from infomercials. I never watched them myself. However, it's been a lot of fun. "
Drew Carey
Myself
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" I've always got stuff in my head in case I meet somebody like Steven Spielberg or someone like that, where I can hopefully say something to them that nobody else has ever said and get a laugh out of them. "
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" The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job. "
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" When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot. "
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" TV is easier: it's all planned out for you and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over. "
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Win
Comedy
" There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's face practically in the whole room. There's no cameras in the way, and it's just me. "
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Face
Energy
Comedy
" I don't care if my jokes are appropriate for a kid. "
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Kid
Care
Appropriate
" Nothing's funny about someone who's successful. "
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Funny
Nothing
Someone
" Everybody in Hollywood loves symbolic gestures. "
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Hollywood
Gestures
Loves
" I'm competitive at everything. "
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Competitive
" I've got to say that I don't see myself as some sort of political type like Alec Baldwin or Barbra Streisand. I don't want to come across like that. I'd be embarrassed if that was the way I came across. "
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Want
Myself
" Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. "
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Day
Modern
" Why is everybody afraid of going to Heaven? You want to be here with the smog and the sin and bad people and the war? Or do you want to be in Heaven, sitting next to Jesus, you know? "
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Heaven
Know
People
" I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys. "
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Time
Two
Week
" I'm the kind of person that likes what I'm doing when I'm doing it. "
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Kind
Doing
Person
" Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they don't work that much for all that money - and they don't, for the amount of money they make. "
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Work
Feel
Rich
" I tried out for 'Jeopardy' once, when they came to Cleveland, but I didn't make it. "
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Once
Cleveland
Jeopardy
" Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you. "
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Vegas
Conservative
Judges
" Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better. "
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People
Better
Like
" Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. "
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More
Republican
Years
" I am happy that I ran the half-marathon, but to me, just running and saying that I finished a race isn't enough for me. I want to run the race as best as I can. Working out for pants size isn't enough. I need a goal or a race to get back on the treadmill every day. "
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Happy
Best
Saying
" 'Green Screen' was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to get it going. "
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Experiment
Just
Tough
" I don't know what people are going to think of my stand-up. If you only know me from 'The Price Is Right' and 'The Drew Carey Show,' then you might be a little bit shocked. I'm a little dirty and a little opinionated but all in fun. "
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Know
Me
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" I honestly think that it automatically hurts me if I said that I supported the war in Iraq and I support the troops. That automatically kills me for getting a bunch of movies, a bunch of TV shows. People don't want to hear from me. "
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Movies
Me
People
" I do get the comics online I guess but it's such a pain. I'd rather just get them in the paper and read them. "
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Get
Rather
Paper
" Being a celebrity, you always get really good seats to sporting events, but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports. "
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Events
Always
You
" The easiest diet is, you know, eat vegetables, eat fresh food. Just a really sensible healthy diet like you read about all the time. "
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Know
You
Time
" I am never out there just jogging for the heck of it. I never do that. I start to run with a goal in mind, whether it's a certain time or certain distance or a specific heart-rate goal, and then I am done. "
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Run
Mind
Goal
" Even when people are rich and successful on TV shows, there's always some trouble - you have to poke holes in them, throw them out of a job, put a pie in the face. "
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Job
Face
You
" I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated. "
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Always
Government
Think