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" I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed. "
Louis C. K.
Enough Time
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" My ex-wife, she really didn't like the material that I did. And that's something I regret, that I wasn't more careful about making sure that she was O.K. with it. I just sort of didn't ask. So that's how that goes. "
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" A lot of the struggle I had with movies is I really loved moments and tones and feelings in a scene, and I loved creating those, but I never really had great stories to string them together. "
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" I don't think it makes any sense to try to get anyone to not talk. "
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" To me, it's very exhilarating when somebody else does a great thing, and it's not me. "
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