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  • Matt Stone on funny

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    “And there’s a visceral fun in watching Team America and making it, like taking a puppet and throwing it against the wall. Because it’s not CG, there’s something funny about it.” -Matt Stone

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  • Denise Mina on funny

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    “I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn’t realise political writing could be so funny.” -Denise Mina

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  • Baz Luhrmann on funny

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    “I feel funny about owning art. I don’t really want to say: ‘Wow, come and see my Monet – it’s in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.’” -Baz Luhrmann

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  • Brendan Fraser on funny

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    “I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren’t funny.” -Brendan Fraser

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  • Uma Thurman on funny

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    “I was not particularly bright, I wasn’t very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.” -Uma Thurman

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  • Chloe Moretz on funny

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    “I follow the most random people on Twitter. I follow famous people like Khloe Kardashian, who surprisingly makes really funny tweets all the time.” -Chloe Moretz

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  • Reese Witherspoon on funny

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    “It’s funny that it all becomes about clothes. It’s bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it’s all about your dress. You can’t get away from it.” -Reese Witherspoon

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  • Katharine McPhee on funny

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    “I’m so unprofessional on set it’s not even funny.” -Katharine McPhee

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  • Anthony Holden on funny

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    “What was funny if you were there is that we were all immensely sophisticated people who knew exactly what she was going to say and we’re chatting away, nice to see you.” -Anthony Holden

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  • Chris Isaak on funny

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    “I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin’ the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin’ the blues myself, but I’m writing

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  • Karen Russell on funny

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    “I love weird or funny or beautiful sentences Joy Williams could write a microwave-oven manual and I’m sure I’d love it, because the sentences would be tuned up like music.” -Karen Russell

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  • Michel Gondry on funny

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    “At school I was very shy. I wasn’t funny really.” -Michel Gondry

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  • Cheryl Hines on funny

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    “I understand a woman who validates herself by getting attention from the opposite sex. I have a friend who is that to a T… Doesn’t mean she isn’t a good person. That’s a funny character to play.” -Cheryl Hines

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  • Idina Menzel on funny

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    “I would love to play ‘Funny Girl’ or ‘Evita,’ but I idolize the women who have played those parts. I don’t know if there needs to be another version of those shows.” -Idina Menzel

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  • Robert Crais on funny

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    “Sometimes I am so dry that people don’t know I’m kidding and think I’m being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.” -Robert Crais

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  • Esther Williams on funny

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    “I think it’s so funny when people think they can’t control a movie star. They can. We’re just women, you know.” -Esther Williams

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  • Ricky Schroder on funny

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    “I feel cheesy when I see ‘Silver Spoons.’ Some of it was funny, but some of it was just cheese! My kids love it, but I look at it and cringe.” -Ricky Schroder

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  • Octavia Spencer on funny

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    “I think it’s actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.” -Octavia Spencer

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  • Marlon Wayans on funny

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    “I don’t think of myself as a comedian, but as an artist, a scientist and chemist who just happens to be funny. I started doing stand-up to add another level to my game. I feel that I’m a young rookie with a veteran’s skill.” -Marlon Wayans

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  • Ron Livingston on funny

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    “If I’m in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.” -Ron Livingston

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  • Hilary Duff on funny

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    “I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It’s really funny the way that some people don’t give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly.” -Hilary Duff

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  • Busy Philipps on funny

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    “I actually feel like, for a lot of my career, I wasn’t able to show my comedic range. I did a lot of dramas and dramedies. I was on ‘E.R.’ That’s not generally thought of as a funny show.” -Busy Philipps

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  • Emmitt Smith on funny

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    “I was going through a little bit of turbulence in my career. And so, it’s funny how turbulence itself will make you hold onto something for security. And so the only thing I knew is trust in the Lord and lean not unto your own heart, in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall

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  • Benicio Del Toro on funny

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    “It’s funny, but when I arrived in California to start college I was much more interested in becoming a surfer and cruise along in life from one beach to the next. I didn’t plan out any huge career for myself.” -Benicio Del Toro

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  • Martin Amis on funny

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    “Everything seems fine until you’re about 40. Then something is definitely beginning to go wrong. And you look in the mirror with your old habit of thinking, ‘While I accept that everyone grows old and dies, it’s a funny thing, but I’m an exception to that rule.’” -Martin Amis

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