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" It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be. "
John Oliver
Always
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" I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes. "
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" When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain. "
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" I can't relax. I find vacations problematic. "
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" I have occasionally - if ever I do interviews that are difficult or nerve-wracking - I take my wife's dog tags and have them in my pocket because it's a very quick way to realize that what I'm doing is not that important. It's not really worth getting stressed about because it's not, you know, war. "
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" There is no greater anesthetic than sport. "
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" It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them. "
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" Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being. "
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" There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes. "
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" It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge. "
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" Politics has become infused with narcissism in America. "
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" There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that. "
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