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" People's - most people's job is talking about the future or like money not even in the present tense. It's not even paper. "
Colin Quinn
Money
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" That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky. "
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" I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian. "
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" I think Helen of Troy must have been pretty hot. She got two countries going crazy for 10 years over her. "
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" You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything. "
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" I always wanted to write as much as perform. "
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" The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems. "
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" I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be. "
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" Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type. "
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" For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, they're friends. We're the only ones that can really stand our type of humor. "
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" Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We're meant to be this way. It's not our fault, it's just who we are. "
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" It was tumultuous, it was crazy, but I would not trade it for anything. "
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" Twitter is one of those dangerous toys that if it gets in the hands of the wrong person you'll have the mind of a 12-year-old masquerading as an adult. "
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" Stand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting. "
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" So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation. "
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" I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them. "
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" I'm just another guy who thinks he's smarter than he is, in a long line of them. "
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" I was a class clown. "
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" I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write. "
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" My name has zero value. "
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" I think if you try to tailor your act to anybody, you end up with an act that doesn't work anyway. "
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" A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My standup isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen. "
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" If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material. "
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" I think everyone should own six guns, even though I don't own any. "
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" I've been to Japan, I've been to China, I've been to Africa, I've been to the Middle East, I've been to Europe a little bit. I've never been to South America. "
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