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" When I went to New York to try and make it, I never thought it wouldn't happen. "
Carol Burnett
Make
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New
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" When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I had to take this acting class as a theater arts major. I had to do this scene in a one-act comedy. I just said this line, and then... this laugh happened. I thought, 'Whoa. This is a really good feeling. What have I been missing?' "
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" Because of YouTube, I'm getting fan mail from 10-year-olds and teenagers and college kids. "
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" I come from Texas, and my grandmother and mother were born in Arkansas. "
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" I've always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that. "
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" I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism. "
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" Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief. "
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" I have an iPhone, and I can text, and I can use the phone, and I can even take pictures with it. "
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" If I go to a party, I'm not one to be the funniest person in the room at all. "
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" I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that. "
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" My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away. "
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