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TV is easier: it's all planned out for you, and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up, but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over. To me, that's more pure.

Drew Carey

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Drew Carey
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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