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The trick [in comedy] is always to figure out how real you're playing it and how real it's supposed to feel. That's a hard thing to figure out.

Michael Cera

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Michael Cera
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: June 7
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When I was 16, I was working on 'Arrested Development.' My memories of being 16 were just trying to keep up with school while doing the show and trying to be around all those people on the show, as much as I could.
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I worry more about something that isn't working rather than something that feels really good. You forget about the good stuff.
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I don't think anyone cares whether you're working or not. I have the luxury now of not having to support anyone and not really needing a whole lot of money.
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I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.
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It's so easy to get caught up in your own self-doubt when you're writing. It can be so easy to tell yourself, Who am I kidding?
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I kind of end up getting caught up in whatever the rhythm of the movie is and how open the director is to changing things in the moment or finding it in rehearsal.
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