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" I never wanted to be famous. "
Judah Friedlander
Wanted
Never
Famous
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" You jump on a bike and start peddling. You fall down and you get up again. I've always been a 'learn by doing' kind of guy. "
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" I've been doing stand-up since '89. "
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Doing
Been
" I've been driving in the city for years because, as a stand-up in N.Y.C., you can perform at more comedy clubs a night if you have a car. Getting from club to club by subway is too slow at night and too expensive by cab. So, many comics live far out from Manhattan and drive in every night. "
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" Valentine's Day is definitely one of those days where it's either awesome or it's a downer. "
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" I've been doing stand-up just about every night since I started in 1989. It's my home base. But I'm into doing comedy in all mediums, platforms and situations. "
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" Before I started doing '30 Rock', I did about 25 movies. I'd always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to '30 Rock', there's not much time to do that stuff. "
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Rock
Commitment
Movies
" Sometimes '30 Rock' was a struggle because I'd be doing the show and still be doing stand-up full-time. "
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" No, don't learn at karate schools. They overcharge you for karate uniforms. They make you pay, like, fifty or seventy-five bucks just for a karate uniform, and you don't wear a uniform in everyday life, so why train in one? Most fights take place outdoors, not inside with perfect lighting and mats. "
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Why
Life
Outdoors
" I like hanging out at non-showbizzy places. "
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Hanging
Out
Places
" I've done all kinds of movies, but I wanna do some more independent films that are not your run-of-the-mill type movies like 'American Splendor', which I had a big part in, that are really trying to do something unique. "
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Unique
American
Trying
" I'm not one of those kind of people who does the observational 'Hey, don't you hate it when you're at the grocery store and the line's long and the cash register starts taking too long.' I don't really do that kind of stuff. I'm heavy on persona, and I do a lot of interacting with the audience. "
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Hate
You
Audience
" My act's not heavy on pop culture or stories, just lots of jokes. "
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Jokes
Pop Culture
Stories
" I had one girl send me an e-mail saying she wants to go out with me, but it's like a two-pronged deal because she wants to blog the date. And I'm like, No! I don't want to be on a reality show. "
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Me
Girl
Reality
" I actually went to film school, but I didn't like it. I'm basically self-taught. "
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Self-Taught
School
Like
" I'd like to work with John Waters. I grew up in Maryland, so I'm a huge Waters fan. "
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Work
Huge
Like
" There's a lot of thought that goes into every single thing I wear. "
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Thought
Wear
Every
" You can literally walk into my apartment and sit on a hat; you can step on a hat; you can probably open up the refrigerator and find a hat tucked under some rotten food. I have a lot of hats. "
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Walk
Food
You
" In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material. "
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Night
Three
Two
" I became a wrestling fan in college. So, I was more of a wrestling fan as an adult than when I was a little kid. "
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" I'm actually banned from the Himalayas, because I'm too good at yoga. "
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Too
Yoga
Because
" When I'm not filming anything or on the road doing stand-up, I'm usually doing stand-up shows every night - usually a few shows a night at different clubs in the city. "
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Road
Few
Doing
" Soccer and ping-pong are my two favorite sports to play. "
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Favorite
Two
Play
" I had not met Tina Fey before I auditioned for '30 Rock'. Some people think we're old friends from 'Second City' days. I had always been a fan of Tina's. But I actually never planned on being in a sitcom. "
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Old Friends
People
Rock
" I think I've proven with my career that I can play a wide variety of characters. Yet, I still get typecast as the crazy slob guy. That's how it always works. "
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Crazy
Think
" It wasn't like I just woke up and said, 'Here's my gimmick; I'll wear a hat and put something weird on it.' "
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Hat
Here
Like
" I don't live in a fancy neighborhood. "
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Neighborhood
Live
Fancy
" I'm a big Pacino fan. He's a great actor: so much passion and intensity. "
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Intensity
Passion
Great
" If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident you are funny. "
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You
Comedy
Confident
" My shirt and my hat always say 'World Champion' in some language. English, Spanish, Chinese, 'Star Wars' language, which is also known as Aurebesh, mermaid language. "
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World