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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
Al Yankovic
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Al Yankovic
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 23
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I've always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That's something that I've been proactive about.
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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, Yes, of course they have, they've thought of it!
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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits - and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, 'OK, this is what I'm going to do for a living and I'm going to be Weird Al.'
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I like to think that I've gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it's stayed the same.
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I think I'm equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the Letters and Tomatoes column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
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