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" I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese. "
Zach Galifianakis
Greek
Cheese
Body
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" I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans brothers movies. That's my goal: to be more Merchant-Ivory-Wayans. "
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" As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it. "
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" I think comedy does have that powerful thing that doesn't seem too preachy because you're also making people laugh, so it's really kind of a good tool for messaging. "
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" I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling. "
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" Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it. "
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" I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony. "
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" When I do stand-up for a long time, I'll get burned out, then I'll get an acting gig. For me, the grass is always greener. I'd like to do a mixture of all of it. My goal is just to do small movies that I've written. That's what I'm trying to do now, just write smaller movies. "
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" When a role seems fun it's easy to play. It kind of comes organically. "
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" I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny. "
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Funny
" Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious. "
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" I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92. "
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Me
Hit
" I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal. "
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Name
" Fat jokes to me are always, always hilarious, as long as they're done towards yourself. "
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" Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person. "
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" The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore. "
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" I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that. "
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Anger
" I like dark comedies. That's why I like the Wayans Brothers. "
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" I can get away with anything. But when I try to be sincere, people just roll their eyes. "
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Eyes
" Have you seen that show on Lifetime about that woman...? "
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" A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong. "
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" I've been wanting kids for 10 years. I'd love to adopt, have them naturally - all of it. I want, like, 15. "
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" It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me.' Being popular is poison. "
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" I've been happily dedicated to the same woman for a number of years. I never even look at other women. "
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" A fantasy of mine is to do a podcast that's Marcel Marceau and I, and you only hear me laughing at him and trying to figure out what he's doing. "
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" There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend. "
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" When I was in high school I used to sit by myself in the cafeteria - not necessarily by choice - but I thought it was funny to talk to people that weren't there. "
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" There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence, where a lot of people do. And they get the publicist, and they get all that stuff, and it becomes them. I think it's a stupid way to live your life. A really dumb way to live your life. "
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" I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do. "
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