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Usually, the best ideas come from other people's good ideas, which then, after a short gestation period, become your ideas.

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Amy Sedaris
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 29
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New York
Amy Louise Sedaris
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If I know I have to memorize lines, I'm really gonna try to memorize lines. It's hard for me sometimes, because somebody wrote these words and you're trying really hard to get them the way they said it.
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I like to entertain in all aspects. When you're with somebody and you're out, you want to be entertained.
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I always want to look unattractive, it's more fun. I like playing opposites, people who aren't attractive who think they are pretty. That's always interesting to me.
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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'm drawn to people who look different. I'm not exploiting. I'm not making fun of them. I'm drawn to them.
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My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.
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Before you can give of yourself to others you must know what of yourself you have to give. Every person is special. In all the land there is only one you, possibly two, but seldom more than sixteen.
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More men than women like 'Strangers With Candy'. Pretty girls don't like the show. They don't like to see an ugly lady.
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I'm more of a clown, a tragic clown. Yeah. I just like humor to come out of characters.
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That's why I love improvisational theater so much - you do it [scene] once and then it's done. You don't get bogged down with a lot of preplanning and repetition. If I do something and it gets a laugh, I don't want to do it again. Why bother? I'm just repeating myself. It's boring.
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The moment someone says, 'Hey, everyone, listen to the words in this song,' your party is over.
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I feel so free and open to ideas, and I get inspired by everything.
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I live in the moment.
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I’ve named everything that I’ve ever owned. Real or inanimate, I have to give it a first and last name. Everything in my apartment comes alive at night.
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I have no desire to carry a movie.
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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'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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A lot of crafters, they're shut-ins.
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I swear I want to be a food model.
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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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