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I like being full, every day, with stuff that I have to do. (Louis C.K.)
I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head. View quote
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People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not. View quote
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Life is full of horrible mistakes. View quote
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Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing. View quote
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You can't direct without a good crew. View quote
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I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed. View quote
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Everything that people say is testable. View quote
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Pushing the envelope' sort of implies that you're inside the envelope with everyone else, and you're trying to find the edges on the outsides. View quote
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I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward. View quote
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If I owned a network, I would never let a guy just put people on without telling me who they are. (Louis C.K.)
I think I'm past any window where I'm suddenly going to become surprisingly ripped so that people go, 'Oh, my God, what happened to you?' View quote
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Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head. View quote
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I do actually use a boxing trainer when I train for stand-up. View quote
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It's hard to know where your thoughts come from, especially when you have a thirst for material because you need it professionally. View quote
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When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides. View quote
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Most people are dead. Did you know that? It's true, out of all the people that ever were, almost all of them are dead. View quote
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Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness. View quote
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The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to. View quote
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I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at. View quote
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Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on. (Louis C.K.)
Comedy isn't polite and it isn't correct and it isn't accurate, even. It's just a mess. So that's the way that I approach it. View quote
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I wish I could know everything ever, like that would be my wish - that's what I hope heaven is, that they tell you who shot JFK and all that stuff. View quote
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I've had soccer moms come up and tell me they can relate when I say that I want to throw my baby in the trash. View quote
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Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going really well to get a good performance out of them. But, if you have a comedian on the set, you can tell them, 'Hey, you really are screwing this up,' and then they just get better. View quote
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