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" There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff. "

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" I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff. "