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I sometimes think of not doing Twitter or Facebook anymore, but that's how people find their favorite bands and comedians.
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Comedians who are 22 years old can certainly be funny and clever, and be capable of telling jokes - but are they talking about their favorite TV shows, or a particular brand of shampoo?
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I'm on a single track here - I work to direct what I want to see onstage. I basically have been feeding my own needs - to be working on a specific project at a specific time, and fortunately more often it works than fails.
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In general, comedians are attracted to vice.


Natasha Leggero
The dream would be to work with my two favorite actors, Daniel Day Lewis and Cate Blanchett. Or playing Joaquin Phoenix's brother in a film. Basically anything where I get to act opposite actors like these; ones who bring a certain caliber to their work and literally morph into the character they are playing.
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Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.


Paula Danziger
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I like to do the splits onstage.


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I only wore makeup when I went onstage.


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As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.


Mary J. Blige
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I've never been onstage in my life.


Anna Friel
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I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression.


Russell Peters
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It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.


Hank Azaria
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Comedians want to be rock legends for a day - that sounds fun to them.


Jake Kasdan
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I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience.


Idina Menzel
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You know the quickest way to get comedians to hate you? Do Letterman at age 24.


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Aging is basically the build-up of error: error at the genetic level, error at the cellular level. Cells normally repair themselves; that's why you heal when you get a cut. But even the mechanism of repair eventually falls apart.
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Doing a piece on film is completely different from doing it onstage.


Samantha Mathis
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The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned.


Bruce Dickinson
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Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.


Carl Reiner
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But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.


Etta James
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