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" If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie? "

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" Standup keeps me grounded and keeps me in touch. I get to go from small towns to big cities, across Canada and the U.S., and you're out there and talking to people. You get a sense of what they respond to. "

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