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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

I think comedians start off as pranksters or something.

I wasn't planning on being a comedian; I just liked to laugh. Somebody said I should do it and that's how I started.

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.