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" I started in high school, and in college, I studied radio, TV, and film. The plan was to be a filmmaker, and it was always comedy. "
Seth Meyers
School
High School
College
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" My father is sort of the jokester. My dad is still the funniest guy in our family. "
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Father
Guy
" The hands are the feet of the arms. "
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Arms
" When my girlfriend and I talk about being happy, I'll get choked up, which I think is the greatest gift you can give a girlfriend. "
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" I don't get the conga line started. I'm not a great choice if the goal of the evening is just a celebration. But if we're going to talk about what's been going on lately, then I can bring something to the table. "
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Evening
" I did not go into comedy to escape anything. I went into comedy because I had parents who thought it was a reputable way to earn a living. "
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Escape
Comedy
" I would love to interview Sean Spicer. "
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Interview
Would
Sean
" My parents introduced me to 'SNL,' Monty Python, and Richard Pryor probably way earlier than they had any right to. "
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Right
Than
" I'm a terrible grocery shopper. I hardly ever do it. And if I do, there's never more than three things in the bag. "
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Than
Things
" I want people to know my political point of view. There's an appetite for that, almost an expectation. I also want to make people laugh, but I wouldn't want to do it at the expense of my point of view. "
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Laugh
Know
" The first time I had disposable income, the two things I cared most about were a television and a couch. "
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First Time
First
Two
" It's very hard to get inside Donald Trump's brain, and I don't want to try. "
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Hard
Brain
Get
" The Earth will be around for a long time before you have a funnier president than Obama. He has a stand-up's cadence and the awareness and ability to make jokes about himself before comedians can. That's a page almost every politician should try to take from his book. "
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You
Time
Long Time
" Once you get past funny, my other qualities are so below average. It's not like I'm handy. "
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Average
You
Past
" I'm strictly a sugar-free Red Bull guy. I'd rather enjoy my sugar intake elsewhere. "
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Bull
Enjoy
Sugar
" My 'SNL' days of working through the night have come and gone. "
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Days
Gone
Night
" I love cheese plates. Though I actually hate cheese plates. Because I can't say no to them. "
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Though
Because
Cheese
" 'SNL' after-parties are sort of like a time to celebrate your successes and drown your sorrows, depending on how the show went for you. "
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Like
Time
Your
" In 2004 I had the fortune - or the misfortune - of playing John Kerry. It was hard because I think the best impressions exaggerate someone's most well-known quality. And exaggerating gravitas is very hard to pull off. "
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Off
Best
Quality
" People say, 'Oh, you're doing the job of journalists.' I think it's very important to note that we can't do our job without journalists. Journalists can do their job without late-night comedians. They'd be just fine without us. But we, of course, use their work every day to build our pieces. "
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Job
Work
People
" I'm a bold man. I throw caution to the wind. "
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Caution
Man
Throw
" It's nice when I get offered small parts. But I really think that 'SNL' is what my skill set is best designed for. "
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Nice
Best
Get
" It's weird to sit as a comedian. Being still drives me crazy. "
Seth Meyers
Weird
Sit
Me
" It's nice to have an elephant in the room. There's nothing more helpful than something everybody's thinking about. "
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Nice
More
Thinking
" My mother is an incredibly beautiful woman who has laughed at every single thing my father's ever said. At a young age, my brother and I understood that if you can make girls laugh, you can punch well above your weight class. "
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Beautiful
Father
Age
" I was very much aiming to go into movies eventually, like a lot of 'SNL' people. But, soon after I arrived, all these really good actors started, like Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg, and I thought, 'If I were casting a movie, I would put all of them in it over me.' "
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Me
Good
Thought
" I don't know what else to do other than tell people what I think to be untruths. "
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Know
Think
People
" People appreciate it when you take some time to think about who will be listening to your jokes. "
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Think
Time
You
" The nice thing about anger is that, as an emotion, it's strong enough to unplug me from the comedian's mind for a minute and just be a frustrated member of the citizenry. "
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Mind
Anger
Enough
" Donald Trump often appears on Fox, which is ironic because a fox often appears on Donald Trump's head. "
Seth Meyers
Because
Ironic
Head