I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's … - Colin Quinn

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Violence, and evil, doesn't always come dressed in black, and it doesn't always look like Charles Manson. Nor does it always come to us as obvious and arrogant[. . . ]. Often it comes to us with the simple plea to be reasonable.

Colin Quinn

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.

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I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial.

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I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.

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I love people, I love studying people more than history. So whatever situation I see, then I look at, what were the people like, more than history itself.

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