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" It wasn't like I just woke up and said, 'Here's my gimmick; I'll wear a hat and put something weird on it.' "
Judah Friedlander
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" I never got into things to be famous. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's annoying. "
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" My shirt and my hat always say 'World Champion' in some language. English, Spanish, Chinese, 'Star Wars' language, which is also known as Aurebesh, mermaid language. "
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" My act's not heavy on pop culture or stories, just lots of jokes. "
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" Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most. "
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" I've been doing stand-up just about every night since I started in 1989. It's my home base. But I'm into doing comedy in all mediums, platforms and situations. "
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" I started doing my own animated movies when I was in ninth grade; that's when I got the filmmaking bug. When I was about 16, I started writing jokes for doing stand up, and then I was 19 and started doing stand up. "
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" In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material. "
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