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It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.
John Oliver
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John Oliver
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: April 23
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John William Oliver
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Drug companies are a bit like high school boyfriends - they're much more concerned with getting inside you than being effective once they're in there.
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A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.
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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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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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It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be.
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I have exactly as much rhythm as you think I have.
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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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Everybody should care about facts. That is something all of us should agree on.
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I can't relax. I find vacations problematic.
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I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love.
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Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath.
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One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.
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There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.
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It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.
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The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked.
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Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.
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I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.
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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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