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The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.

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Colin Quinn
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 6
Actor
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Film Producer
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Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Colin Edward Quinn
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That’s the beauty of being a comedian: it’s the one job you’re allowed to do that. We’re lucky. We’re really lucky.
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Stand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting.
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Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.
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Twitter is one of those dangerous toys that if it gets in the hands of the wrong person you'll have the mind of a 12-year-old masquerading as an adult.
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I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them.
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The Senate was holding hearings on deceptive sweepstakes practices. These companies target the elderly, making them think they're going to get a bunch of money, when in reality they never see any of it. The most popular of these scams is called Social Security.
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Somehow, it was so happy a time. Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.
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My name has zero value.
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You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything.
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I love people, I love studying people more than history. So whatever situation I see, then I look at, what were the people like, more than history itself.
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Well... you know, I would wake up with a terrible hangover in a jail somewhere and worst part was that I would not know why I was there.
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I think if you try to tailor your act to anybody, you end up with an act that doesn't work anyway.
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It’s sad. Marxism didn’t work. Communism didn’t work. Capitalism doesn’t work. Nothing works. Even democracy doesn’t work. Democracy-the greatest form of government and we have two choices for who’s our leader. In fascism you only have one choice. That’s great. We have one more choice than the worst form of government.
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I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ.
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The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.
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I think Helen of Troy must have been pretty hot. She got two countries going crazy for 10 years over her.
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I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.
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I used to love the election season'cause it's kind of fun. Everyone makes a big sport out of it with all these different news stories and everything. I like it better now that everybody knows all the candidates from the past 15 years. But it does get really ugly. It's ugly and it's pugilist.
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You can't make money on Broadway. You make nothing. You maybe make like $1,350 a week after you pay out all the producers.
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I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.
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