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I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

Michael Ian Black

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Michael Ian Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Actor
Comedian
Film Director
Podcaster
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Chicago
Illinois
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Forward
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I was very surprised how many people were earnestly reminiscing about the '80s. It's such a stupid thing to do, like, to be honestly invested in nostalgia. It never even occurred to me to do that.
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If you say I'm going to be an actor, but I'll get a teaching degree just in case, when things get hard, you'll just be a teacher and that's how you get stuck.
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It doesn't matter what you're chasing, when you get there you're gonna be like, Oh, is this all? It kind of sucks.
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I never really understood what was expected of me as a man, or how I was supposed to interact with women, but worse, with other guys. I did not relate to them.
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I hope you die.... P.S. If you do die, I'm going to go to the funeral and finger your corpse.
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Super excited about things I'm going to do never excited about things I'm actually doing.
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That's been my fear all along. That I'm not enough, and I still don't trust at all that I am.
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The global business climate is likewhatever, dude.
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