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Nothing is set up like a comedy bit. I did sitcoms for 10 years. Literally from 1989 to 1999. That's almost all I did. Whenever I got away from television I was like, Phew, thank God that's over. I am never going back.

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Thomas Haden Church
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 17
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I kind of have a rededication in my life now to acting because I'm very fond of being in this movie.
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Any tendency to design for design's sake, to create a pattern within which the owner must live according to rules set by the designer, is headed for frustration, if not disaster.
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Cows are a lot smarter across the board than bulls.
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I've been a writer longer than I've been an actor. I wrote short stories like crazy when I was in high school and college. I worked in advertising before I moved to L.A. to pursue acting.
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But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.
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The fact that I haven't been married might qualify me as belonging in the nutty category to a lot of women.
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I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.
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