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" Probably around junior high, I became obsessed with films. "

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" Love takes a lot of work. "

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" I try not to rely on pop culture references as a crutch for jokes, because then, I think, that's when the timelessness quality is lost. "

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" 'Cannonball Run II' - you watch that, and it looks like they're having a good time, but it's not necessarily a masterpiece. "

" A lot of the time, a comedy script is just dialogue, and that's the main thing you have to worry about. "

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" I grew up in Le Mars, Iowa, and even though it's a great place to grow up and be raised as a kid, there wasn't a lot to do. It was fairly boring, and I think the way I either escaped the boredom or found a way to keep myself occupied was through movies and TV shows. "

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