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“Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny. Anybody funny can be serious, but people who have no sense of humor, they can never be funny - and frankly, they're jealous. There's very few comic actors. Think about it. There aren't that many. It's hard because you have to be able to do both.”

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Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz is an American comedian known for his roles in television and film. Born on July 21, 1957, he rose to prominence in the 1980s, making a name for himself in the comedy world. Lovitz is beloved for his unique sense of humor and performance style, starring or appearing regularly in several comedy series, including 'The Larry Sanders Show' and 'The Ben Stiller Show'. He has also appeared in several films, such as 'Airheads' and 'The Blues Brothers 2000'. more

“The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.I want an Australian vision of arts policy that is expansive, is embracing, is not narrow, is not parochial. For example, that Australians can do Shakespeare just as well as Englishmen can because we, like every civilised nation, partake of the great canonical works. It's not about Australian nationalism; it's about our identity as a culturally ambitious, culturally sophisticated nation.”

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Author:George Brandis

“We must break out of this mindset in Australia that we are a small nation on the other side of the world from the main, great Western nations. Australia is the twelfth largest economy in the world. We are a not insignificant player in commerce, in geopolitics and we must be in culture as well and we are.”

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“Opera Australia has a mix - it produces new work, it produces from the classical repertoire and, particularly in more recent years, it's done those blockbuster musicals which are very lucrative for it and reach an audience that classic opera or a new opera perhaps wouldn't reach, like South Pacific for example.”

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