- Finished
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing Quotes
On action, effort and the discipline of doing the work.
These lines describe doing in its many forms: the overlap between film and television production, the uncertainty built into research, and committing to work you believe in even without much recognition. For more, see our Action quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first tic was to shake my head violently. I was in karate class, and I was shaking violently. All of a sudden, I just started to notice that the teacher was looking at me, and all the kids were wondering what I was doing. I suddenly felt really strange.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tourette's is involuntary in that it is impossible not to do. And it's torture to know what you're doing and not be able to stop it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I've ever done a real mini-series, but I love doing film first and foremost.
- Figuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot season, choosing a script and figuring out what I wanted to do.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what I've been doing and it's what I'm going to keep doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I keep getting these people at my shows who only know me from television. I can always tell when they're, like, emotionally flinching when I start doing my jokes.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
- Deliberately
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
- Nov 07, 2020
If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.
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- Nov 07, 2020