There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like … - Andy Daly

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And that's why people read comics, to get away from the way life works, which is quite cruel and unheroic and ends in death.

Andy Daly

There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like clown-work or silly faces and antics, but that feels real - like you're playing a real person who has real thoughts and feelings, and it's very grounded. I started to watch all comedy through that prism.

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