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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.

Louis C. K.

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Louis C. K.
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 12
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I'm not motivated to entertain people through Twitter, so just by having Twitter and not saying anything, I make people mad.
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I just always loved comedy and I really wanted to be good at it. And it was heartbreaking, 'cause I started and I wasn't good at it. I was only 17-years-old, so I had a lot to learn about life in general. But I just kept on trying. I was young enough and stupid enough and I had no other choice. I had nothing else I was good at.
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I like all ladies of all different ages.
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One time I was at a swimming pool with my kids, a public pool. I had my daughter, my six year old, on my arm like this. She was like clamped on, and she's kicking. ... And then she got off and another random child just clamped on. It's like a rat. Get off of me. But I love you. I don't know you, kid.
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I've always got the road. Stand-up makes you so autonomous and self-sufficient that it really helps with that part of show business.
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I love stand-up more than anything, and I'm so happy to have found a way to use it in the show.
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