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Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.
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John Oliver
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: April 23
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John William Oliver
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I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.
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I think it might honestly be time for the Sunshine State to officially change its motto to the Worst State.
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I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!
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Welcome to The Daily Show, I'm John Oliver. Jon Stewart is still not here. He is currently living out a live-action Lord of the Rings role-playing experience deep in the New Zealand wilderness.
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I don't think I'm identified as the anchorman, I think I'm identified as the impostor anchorman - there's a very clear line there ... I don't think it changes the way they respond.
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You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.
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My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen's butler.
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In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying you want to project your jokes into their face.
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