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" I'm a traveling practical joker. That's my line of work. "
Colin Mochrie
Practical
Joker
Work
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" Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin! "
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" There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky. "
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" I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine. "
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" We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes. "
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" I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people. "
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" My most important professional accomplishment to date is the ability to keep working with absolutely no skills whatsoever. "
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" My agent, Jeff Andrews, suggested I write a book. For some reason. he doesn't like it when I'm not doing anything. "
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" The American audiences are more vocal and enthusiastic. British audiences tend to sit back a little more. "
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" I am such a pessimist that every project has surpassed what I envisioned. "
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" Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises. "
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" Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy. "
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" We'll be back to our nature documentary, 'Baggy the Anorexic Elephant' in just a second. "
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Nature
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" There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their reluctance to hire me for big budget blockbusters, but the thing I would love most would be if they understood people don't have to be Hollywood beautiful to be sexy or interesting. "
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Change
Love
People
" Comedy is such a personal thing. Everybody can cry at the same thing, but it's a lot harder to get everyone to laugh at the same thing. "
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Everyone
Comedy
Cry
" Please call your second witness, and then call your mother, she worries. "
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Your
Call
Mother
" You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk Band. Until an unfortunate typo caused us to be expelled from school. "
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You
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High School
" I do enjoy working with Ryan although he owes me money. "
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Working
Owes
" Onstage I do all the stuff I'd never do in real life, like lashing out at people who make me mad or freaking out in a long bank lineup. Performing allows me to fulfill all the sicko fantasies I've ever had. "
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Real Life
Long
Mad
" This just in: Beverly Hills 90210, Cleveland Browns 3. "
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Cleveland
Hills
Just
" I'm handsome, no ands, buts or ifs. "
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Handsome
Buts
Ifs
" The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge. "
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Never
Me
Most
" I have many favorite artists... Van Gogh as one, but he didn't really sing a lot! "
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Sing
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" As I get older, I'm trying to accept improvisation into my day-to-day living. "
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Improvisation
Trying
Living
" Give me liberty or a bran muffin! "
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Muffin
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Liberty
" Nine out of ten Americans believe that out of ten people, one person will always disagree with the other nine! "
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Will
" Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod? "
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Rivers
" My god! It's a hamster with explosives taped around it's waist! "
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Explosives
God
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" When I'm on stage, it's a little world I've created where I'm sort of the thing, so I have total control over everything that happens. When we're improvising, I'm with someone I totally trust. I know things are going to work out. I don't have those guarantees in life. There are no consequences on stage. "
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Trust
" As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make me laugh and are therefore my favourites are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fawlty Towers. "
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Loved
Television
Me