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I hate playing pretty or sane people. Most people are not attractive or all there.
Amy Sedaris
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Amy Sedaris
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 29
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Amy Louise Sedaris
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I don't know my telephone number or anything like that, but when I do have to make a call, I just pull my body over to the side and squat. I don't want to be one of those people who are on their phone all the time.
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I need a costume to be convinced that I'm somebody else. Otherwise, it's just me. It's just Amy saying lines. I haven't really become somebody else. And what's the fun in that?
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although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.
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I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it because you needed it.
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If you see a shy person, ask them some questions like, 'Why are you so shy? Tell everyone, we're all listening.
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You just can't enjoy any of the movie when you're in it.
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I have a lot of fake food in my apartment, but I'm picky about it. Old plaster food, like from the '50s is really nice, hollowed out paper-mache food from old plays - the new stuff just looks too good.
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Imagination! My problem is that I have so many ideas, I never have enough time to use them all. Just the other day I thought up eleven things I could do with a flowerpot. Eleven! Three of those things didn't even involve plants.
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That's how all theater should be done - you only have one chance to see it and then it's gone. One night only.
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I like to make things, but I looked at old craft books on weaving or mosaics or whatever, I'm like, 'I don't really know anything about that stuff.'
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I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that.
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But I love how people who are musical, they know how to dress.
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I like to be around entertaining people. Even if they're bored, and you're in a convalescent home, there's something entertaining about that, in a way.
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I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.
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Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later he may be with his real girlfriend.
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I was just a kid. I think I stole a candy bar. I remember feeling so terrible. It was the worst shock. I was probably 7. That's my least favorite feeling: guilt.
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Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic school.
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I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid.
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I'm always more attracted to the unattractive.
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I've been to some funerals where there's a lot of laughing - it's about celebrating their new journey. I can't think of anything. There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything.
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