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Stand-up comedian

Zach Galifianakis, born on October 1, 1969, is an American comedian known for his distinctive humor and ability to create memorable characters. He has gained widespread recognition for his roles in various television shows and movies.

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“I don't like cursing in movies. I feel like cursing has become the new hackiness. You try to find substitutions for cursing.”

Feels Trying Cursing Substitution

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“I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.”

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“I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do.”

Want Trying Comic

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“I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.”

Way I Can Tea Motivated Tea Party

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“I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.”

Body Produce Greek Cheese Feta Cheese

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“I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.”

Enough Running School Law Office Constitutional Law

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“I've been happily dedicated to the same woman for a number of years. I never even look at other women.”

Years Looks Numbers Dedicated

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“It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me'. Being popular is poison.”

Comedy Thanks Poison Being Popular

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“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.”

People Laughing Dad Jokes My Dad

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“My forte is awkwardness.”

Awkwardness Forte

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“My real last name is Galifianakisburg.”

Real Lasts Names

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“Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.”

Bigs Hate Interviews Privacy Love Hate

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“Reciting lines is hard; making stuff up is much, much easier.”

Hard Stuff Lines Easier Reciting

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“There was a long time where I was an "artist" in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.”

Long Artist Long Time Girlfriend No Money

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“When a role seems fun it's easy to play. It kind of comes organically.”

Kind Play Seems Fun Easy Roles

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“As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.”

Thinking World Firsts Actors Lost Stuff Loses Known Comedy This World Hollywood Comic Comedic

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“I get burned out on standup. But I like acting. I do like it. But sometimes you just feel like a monkey. You just feel like a complete tool. But I like it. I do like it. Stand-up is just more free. A lot more freedom because you just do what you want to do.”

Want Feels Sometimes Acting Tools What You Want Burned Monkeys Burned Out

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“I think comedy does have that powerful thing that doesn't seem too preachy because you're also making people laugh, so it's really kind of a good tool for messaging.”

People Thinking Kind Doe Seems Powerful Laughing Comedy Tools Making People Laugh

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“I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans brothers movies. That's my goal: to be more Merchant-Ivory-Wayans.”

Way Film Given Wish Waiting Goal Brother Hopefully My Way Merchants Down The Road Ivory Choosy

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“People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.”

People Trying Mean Reason Stuff Lines Deals Tvs Internet Wave Grandmother Auditions Basements

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“That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.”

People Ifs Should Comedy Limits Standing Great Things Yelling

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“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.”

Thinking Long Used Drink Down And Disagree Senators Congressman

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“There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence, where a lot of people do. And they get the publicist, and they get all that stuff, and it becomes them. I think it's a stupid way to live your life. A really dumb way to live your life.”

People Thinking Way Actors Stuff Existence Stupid Hollywood Dumb Live Your Life Way To Live Hollywood Movies More To Life Publicists Really Dumb

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“We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the "Girlfriend in a Coma" is, like, really funny.”

Knows Mean Song Know How Heard Girlfriend Coma

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“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.”

Writing Trying Long Goal Acting Written Long Time Grass Burned Mixtures Gigs Greener Burned Out Grass Is Always Greener

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“Whether you are on the Right or the Left, everyone can agree that there are a lot of outside influences in American politics that are not good for the system. There's just too much money.”

Left Too Much Influence Agree American Politics Outside Influences

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“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.”

Ifs Knows Long Sometimes Helping Hours Concern Tired Kicking Delirium Long Hours

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Born: October 1, 1969
Known for: Stand-up comedian
Quotes: 127

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