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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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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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Most people think witches are a coven of lesbians dancing naked in the forest celebrating the semen stolen from imprisoned hypnotized males, which they then use to inseminate one another using turkey basters in order to create a legion of demon babies. Well, that's only part of it. We are also active in community outreach programs.
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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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I like people who would rather something be discovered than shoved in your face.
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When you hear someone use the word 'meds' instead of the word 'medicine,' chances are they're no stranger to massive doses of mind-altering psychotropic drugs. Back out of the room slowly.
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I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
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I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.
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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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Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny pair of shoes in the hallway or lean small wooden crutches in what I refer to as 'the baby's room,' which is actually a tiny space where I make things. I continue to call it the baby's room because it confuses people and it's creepy.
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My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
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I always got along with all types of people - popular people as well as drug addicts.
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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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It was more of their quirky show. It was more like a cult show. The ratings weren't really that high.
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When I'm by myself, I never play music. I have a lot of it, for a girl, but I don't listen to it a lot. I hate picking music out, I'm not good at it.
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My characters always like themselves.
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I'm very domestic I love cleaning. I love cooking. I like waiting on people. I just like to make things. I don't break that down to be weakness, or the only things women can do, or putting me back 20 years.
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Don't associate me with comedy. And please don't say actress. I would never call myself any of those things. I hate it when people call me that.
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Books are challenging and inspirational to me.
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Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.
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