Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything else. I never had the preconceived notion, "I will be a comedic actor." I just thought, "I'll go into acting and see what kind of work I can get."

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Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I can't hear you".

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schmucks ears said

Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard.

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feels inspirational laughing

I enjoy having breakfast in bed. I like waking up to the smell of bacon, sue me. And since I don't have a butler, I have to do it myself. So, most nights before I go to bed, I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman grill. Then I go to sleep. When I wake up, I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again. Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious, it's good for me, it's the perfect way to start the day.

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smell sleep night

Fool me once, strike one. But fool me twice ... strike three.

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fool-me-once three office

Do I want to be feared or loved? That's a good question. I want both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

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good-questions want people

Reverse psychology is an awesome tool, I don't know if you guys know about it, but basically you can make someone think the opposite of what you believe, and that tricks them into doing something stupid. Works like a charm.

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stupid believe thinking

I don't want to, I don't plan my career based on what I want people to believe I'm capable of doing. So I just take things that I think might be good or might be fun to do or might ultimately entertain.

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fun believe thinking

Style advice? Always wear clothes... that are... clean, for starters. An added bonus if it is pressed as well. Unless you are wearing clothes that are supposed to look rumpled.

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clothes style advice

Instead of telling our young people to plan ahead, we should tell them to plan to be surprised.

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should young people

Is there a God? If not, what are all these churches for? And who is Jesus' dad?

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dad church jesus

This year, more people will use cocaine than will read a book to their children.

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book children years

A healthy body means a healthy mind. You get your heart rate up, and you get the blood flowing through your body to your brain. Look at Albert Einstein. He rode a bicycle. He was also an early student of Jazzercise. You never saw Einstein lift his shirt, but he had a six-pack under there.

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heart mean blood

You're doing your kids a disservice if they do get everything they want because that's not the way life's going to go, and I think kids have to have some reality.

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kids reality thinking

Maybe the coolest people are the ones who don't care about being cool.

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dont-care care people

Actors and magicians are both performers and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are.

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magician performers actors

Is it true that if you don’t USE it you LOSE it?

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physical-therapist use-it-or-lose-it virgins

Whenever I'm offered something, I always read the script and meet the director. I still appreciate just being considered.

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scripts appreciate directors

I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and prove to everyone that I'm capable of doing it," it really isn't that, I think that's a bad reason to choose roles. It's more like, who would I be working with and would they be fun to do and entertaining to watch, is it an interesting story or character.

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fun character moving

I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

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faults order thinking

From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore. In Los Angeles, everything has become a corn dog. Actually, corn dogs still work. But most other food should be stickless.

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meat sticks dog