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I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.

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Samantha Bee
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 25
Actor
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Journalist
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Television Actor
Television Presenter
Television Producer
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City of Toronto
Samantha Anne Bee
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Canada
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I want to get a gold star. And I know that there are places that I need to go in order to get the story right. I'd rather do it right than have to do it twice.
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Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents used to sing me to sleep with that one.
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The people I really feel sorry for are all the writers out there who wrote these outrageous comedic romps about a grossly unqualified person who goes on to become a Vice Presidential candidate in a hotly contested presidential race. With hilarious results. They must be so bummed.
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Hopefully the person I'm trying to create is just a funny, dour, evil side of myself that has no other way to express itself. I don't model it after anyone in particular. Who would be like that? Who? I wouldn't want to meet that person. I wouldn't want to be interviewed by that person, I can tell you that.
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It's weird how you can make people feel comfortable, and then ask them an uncomfortable question, but it doesn't ruin their day.
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I want to go to someone's world. I'll buy it if the world is full of zombies - I'll live there if you give me a strong enough vision of what that world looks like.
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When you can agree on one thing, you should have no expectation that suddenly a person is converted to your way of thinking. You have to be willing to be frustrated constantly.
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I know, it's amazing to people that we have a political system, but we do.
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I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's going on in the news in order to get the jokes on the show.
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There's a very fine line between political comedian and activist, and I don't really think I fall over into the activist category.
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I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my children's birthdays too.
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Christmas: It's the only religious holiday that's also a federal holiday. That way, Christians can go to their services, and everyone else can sit at home and reflect on the true meaning of the separation of church and state.
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The worst thing you can do to a dictator is laugh at him.
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President Trump - God forbid - the country will be okay, I promise. I don't know exactly what the country will look like, but we will survive it.
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