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It's incredibly fun to play someone that you don't like. It exorcises your own demons in a way. It's cathartic. We all have things that we don't like about ourselves, little things. And I get to amplify those things and put them out there. It's fun and it has a cleansing effect. Ed Helms

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I'm a one-man idiot. Eddie Izzard

Idiot One-Man

I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. Eddie Izzard

Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too. Eddie Izzard

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Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling. Eddie Izzard

Religion Words Spelling Philosophy Both Different Which Two

I wanted to be less well-known in comedy. Eddie Izzard

Comedy Wanted Less

In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up. Eddie Izzard

I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts. Eddie Izzard

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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support. Eddie Izzard

Great Comedy Weapon Attack Support

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything. Eddie Murphy

Music Everything Am Doing Artist Acting

I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music. Eddie Murphy

There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.' Eddie Murphy

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I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else. I'm going to be a professional gentleman of leisure. Eddie Murphy

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Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly. Eddie Murphy

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I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it. Eddie Murphy

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If you have a flop movie, so what? And if you have a hit movie, it's 'so what,' too - it's on to the next movie. Eddie Murphy

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