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I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That's still what I am doing. The end.

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Television, Film, Ends

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I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them.

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Want, Politician

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I was skydiving horizontally.

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Funny, Humor, Skydiving

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I'm moving to Mars next week, so if you have any boxes...

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Funny, Moving, Humor

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I had my coat hangers spayed.

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Funny, Humor, Coats

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I wish, when I was first born, the first thing I said was "Quote" so the last thing I said before I died would be "Unquote.

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Wish, Would Be, Lasts

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My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage.

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Stage, Exaggeration, Expressive

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I saw a tree fall in the woods, and I didn't hear it.

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Funny, Fall, Humor

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I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.

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Hero, Everyday Things, Talking

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I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of widths.

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Funny, Humor, Height

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Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.

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Kids, People, Laughing

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My friend Sally is a nudist. I went to her house. The closets have no doors. The walls are covered with see-through wallpaper.

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Funny, Friendship, Wall

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Yeah, but I don't believe everything I read.

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Believe, Yeah, Don't Believe

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The sky already fell. Now what?

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Funny, Humor, Sky

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I can't stop thinking like this.

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Funny, Humor, Thinking

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I'm standing behind a wall of jokes. You don't know about my personal life, my girlfriends, or what I do when I'm not on the road. There's this guy, this comedian, and this is how he thinks, but people really don't know anything about me.

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Girlfriend, Wall, Thinking

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I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.

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People, Laughing, Stuff

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Because I don't believe everything I read.

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Believe, Don't Believe

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Day One: Still tired from the move.

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Moving, Tired, Stills

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I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.

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Thinking, People, Laughing

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There's something about being in front of a live audience that's fun. It's a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can't get it anywhere else. And I've been doing it since I was 23, so it's part of my being - it's part of my fabric as a person.

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Fun, Interesting, Alive

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Doing a little work around the house. I put fake brick wallpaper over a real brick wall, just so I'd be the only one who knew. People come over and I'm gonna say, "Go ahead, touch it... it feels real."

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Funny, Wall, Real

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To me, comedy is just twisting reality. It's commenting or observing or twisting life.

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Reality, Comedy, Observing

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Four years ago... no, it was yesterday.

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Funny, Humor, Years

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Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who presents what he's written.

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Guy, Stage, Written

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Born: December 6, 1955
Occupation: Comedian
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