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I've been doing comedy longer than I haven't been doing comedy, as I was performing for three years before I even got on 'The Tonight Show.' There's truly nothing like it it's intense and exhilarating, even though it looks so casual.

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Steven Wright
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: December 6
Comedian
Film Director
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
Steven Alexander Wright
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