Zach Galifianakis: I like to read the bible in public places where peo...

I'm terrible at heights. I hate it. I'm glad I'm only 5'7".

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height terrible hate

Tigers love pepper...they hate cinnamon.

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cinnamon hangover hate

I think sadness and anger are really fertile ground for comedy. No one is really interested in a happy person doing comedy.

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comedy sadness thinking

I find anger to be funny. I find people that are so wrapped up in their own personalities to be funny, and lost. Like myself in real life.

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real personality people

Don't boo people! Don't boo! Be more specific! Like, 'WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?! I HATE THAT! I HATE IT!'

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I'm proud of The Hangover, but to be in movies like this, which are really the only places I can get work, it's really quite the opposite of what I am. I like sensitive art-house movies. I'm not even much of a partier. I mean, I'll drink myself into oblivion alone in my car.

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hangover mean art

I don't like to have anybody tell me to be in a place at certain times. That's kind of the advantage of stand up. You're self-employed.

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advantage kind self

Do you remember that kid that had sex with his high school teacher? I was reading online that he died today. He died from hi-fiveing.

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teacher funny sex

I don't know what my assistant would do besides get me pot.

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marijuana weed smoking

My girlfriend and I went to a dinner party the other night and we ended up playing charades. There was another couple there that was deaf. They were so good.

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girlfriend couple funny

I think if you come out to California trying to be an actor, it's pretty hard. There's desperation. A lot of people are desperate, and a lot of people are clueless, including me. It's hard to try to figure it out. I've never told you, but I have head shots that if you saw them... they're so terrible! It's so embarrassing.

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clueless california thinking

My dad doesn't get any of my jokes. He laughs at them, but he doesn't understand them. He's just laughing because people around him are laughing.

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dad laughing people

My real last name is Galifianakisburg.

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lasts real names

When you're doing standup you're kind of doing, "Hey. I thought of this. This may be funny.

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The problem with these interviews is that there's no sarcastic font.

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fonts interviews sarcastic

The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.

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down-and long thinking

When I do stand-up for a long time, I'll get burned out, then I'll get an acting gig. For me, the grass is always greener. I'd like to do a mixture of all of it. My goal is just to do small movies that I've written. That's what I'm trying to do now, just write smaller movies.

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goal writing long

We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics.

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growing-up coffee blood

You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired.

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kicking tired long

It's fun for me to couple emotion with comedy. I think it helps comedy. I think a lot of times American comedies don't play on emotion too much.

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couple fun thinking

I like to read the bible in public places where people are watching me read it. And I like to mumur out to myself: 'Bullshit!'