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" My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian. "

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" That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.' "

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" It's nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren't the ones Tom Hanks wipes his butt with. "

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" If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression. "

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" Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting. "

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