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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. "
Judah Friedlander
Home
Started
Night
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" Before I started doing '30 Rock', I did about 25 movies. I'd always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to '30 Rock', there's not much time to do that stuff. "
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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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Say
World
" I don't live in a fancy neighborhood. "
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Live
Fancy
" I had one girl send me an e-mail saying she wants to go out with me, but it's like a two-pronged deal because she wants to blog the date. And I'm like, No! I don't want to be on a reality show. "
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Girl
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" I'm an extra dark black belt in ping pong. "
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Dark
" 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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Two
" I think some people's comedy IQ's aren't as high as other people's, so they don't really know what's going on. Or they think they know what's going on, but they don't really. "
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Think
Going
High
" Show business always tries to stereotype you, so that is something you have to fight against no matter who you are. A lot of actors who are of a minority background complain that they only get stereotyped roles, and they are 100 percent correct. However, it's also true that, no matter who you are, you get typecast as well. "
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You
Fight
Show
" I had not met Tina Fey before I auditioned for '30 Rock'. Some people think we're old friends from 'Second City' days. I had always been a fan of Tina's. But I actually never planned on being in a sitcom. "
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Old Friends
People
Rock
" I'm actually banned from the Himalayas, because I'm too good at yoga. "
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Too
Yoga
Because
" I think I've proven with my career that I can play a wide variety of characters. Yet, I still get typecast as the crazy slob guy. That's how it always works. "
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Play
Crazy
Think
" I became a wrestling fan in college. So, I was more of a wrestling fan as an adult than when I was a little kid. "
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Wrestling
Fan
More
" I'd like to work with John Waters. I grew up in Maryland, so I'm a huge Waters fan. "
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Work
Huge
Like
" If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident you are funny. "
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You
Comedy
Confident
" Let's say there was a fat guy heckling me. I would rip him to shreds, but I would never go for the obvious, never talk about how he's fat or anything. "
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Me
Him
Talk
" As the World Champion, every day is pretty much like Valentine's Day for me - as far as hooking up with the ladies. "
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Up
Every Day
Champion
" I sort of have to self-censor sometimes. "
Judah Friedlander
Sort
Sometimes
" I don't consider lacrosse a sport. To me that's just a frat activity that got out of hand. "
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Activity
Hand
Me
" Sometimes '30 Rock' was a struggle because I'd be doing the show and still be doing stand-up full-time. "
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Sometimes
Doing
Rock
" You can literally walk into my apartment and sit on a hat; you can step on a hat; you can probably open up the refrigerator and find a hat tucked under some rotten food. I have a lot of hats. "
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Walk
Food
You
" Tina Fey is really cool. She's so mellow and laid back. "
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Laid
Cool
Back
" I am the greatest marital artist in the world. "
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World
I Am
Greatest
" As a comedian, I think you need to keep things real. "
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Real
Things
Think
" I get hecklers all the time! "
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Get
Time
" I watch a movie or a T.V. show or whatever; if it's good, I like to watch it more than once, and it's always fun to catch something you didn't see initially. "
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See
Watch
Fun
" 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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Home
Doing
" Valentine's Day is definitely one of those days where it's either awesome or it's a downer. "
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Awesome
Valentine's Day
Days
" I'm not one of those kind of people who does the observational 'Hey, don't you hate it when you're at the grocery store and the line's long and the cash register starts taking too long.' I don't really do that kind of stuff. I'm heavy on persona, and I do a lot of interacting with the audience. "
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You
Audience
" 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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Stand
Writing
Stand Up
" I'm a big Pacino fan. He's a great actor: so much passion and intensity. "
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Intensity
Passion
Great