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" The secret to podcast success is sticking with it and making it fun for yourself. "
Lauren Lapkus
Yourself
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" I would really like to create my own show. And I really wanna meet Oprah. "
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" Getting to be the 'weird roommate' on a sitcom was a dream come true. "
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" Improv changed my life in the best way. I gained so much confidence and really learned how to use my sense of humor to do something other than make sarcastic comments to the TV, though that remains one of my best skills. I stayed in Chicago for college mainly to continue doing improv, which was an awesome decision for me. "
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" It's like, if you tweet anything about One Direction, you'll get a lot of hate - immediately. They're just searching the words and then writing back to anybody who writes about them. "
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