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Gay men have to go through something to own their - who they are. They get beat up. They get ostracized. Whatever they go through, if they survive it, they come out very confident people.

Louis C. K.

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Louis C. K.
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 12
Actor
Cabaret Artist
Comedian
Dancer
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Singer
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Tecamac Municipality
Louis Székely
Louis CK
Louis Szekely
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Men
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Well, I think “likability” is an overused word. I don’t watch people 'cause I like them I watch them because they’re compelling. Sympathetic is a little different... Likable just thins you out. Working to make a character likable is what kills most TV shows.
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To me, it's very exhilarating when somebody else does a great thing, and it's not me.
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I could never sit down and write jokes.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out.
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Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness.
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I find that when people laugh really hard, it's usually because they're connecting and identifying in a way that they hadn't considered. That's my payoff.
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I do have very deep, fond memories of my family in Mexico City, but I also remember feeling funny for not speaking English - I was basically an immigrant. But I picked up the language fast and soon I knew that I wanted to be a writer.
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The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time, and if you don't give up, you will get better.
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All talking is good, negative and positive. Stabbing is bad talking is good.
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Most people are dead. Did you know that? It's true, out of all the people that ever were, almost all of them are dead.
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Performing comedy, you develop a rhythm of ideas and laughs. I live for it.
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Perception is created and twisted so quickly.
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I watch a lot of sports. But when I'm not working, I'm with my daughters every chance I get.
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When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't.
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I've had soccer moms come up and tell me they can relate when I say that I want to throw my baby in the trash.
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Television for a child creates such a high bar of stimulus that nothing else competes. A beautiful day is absolute crap to a kid who watches tv.
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Spend time with your kids and have your own ideas about what they need. It won't take away your manhood it will give it to you.
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There's nowhere I won't go. As long as it's horribly, horribly true and/or wrong.
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Bill has three goldfish. He buys two more. How many dogs live in London?
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