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But what's true about comedians is that we've all got a huge hole in our personality. In a room of 3,000 people, we're the one person facing in the opposite direction - yet we have this overwhelming desire to be liked.

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Jimmy Carr
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 15
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