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" People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.' "

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" I don't know why my lines that were cut from the film didn't make it onto the DVD. I have offered to go into the editing room with Christopher and work shoulder to shoulder with him to fit all my lines in. I think he thinks I'm kidding. I'm only trying to help. "

" I loved Bob Hope and the way he would turn to the camera and break the fourth wall. "

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" I guess if you're a professional mascot, you're doing it for the money, but a college mascot just wants to be out there. "

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" One of the first shows I ever did was 'Laverne & Shirley.' I played this sleazy guy that came into town with a friend and was going to date Laverne and Shirley, but we really wanted to get into the bowling alley because it was next to the bank we wanted to rob. "

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" I love San Francisco! "

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