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I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.

- Dane Cook

Away, Laughs, Had, Unbelievable

Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show.

- Dane Cook

Here, Mail, About, Musician

Jim Norton and Harland Williams always make me laugh.

- Dane Cook

Me, Always, Williams, Norton

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

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Want, Own, My Own, Exceed

I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or reconstructing my website or whatever it may be. I just love putting creativity into a performance, so if the right script comes along, and I certainly am reading comedies and dramas now, then I'm ready willing and able to give it a shot.

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Love, Willing, Putting, Dramas

I don't know if I could rebuild an airplane engine, but I know a little bit about rotors and rivets.

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Rebuild, Could, About, Engine

I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.

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New, Always, Take, New Ideas

I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'

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Snake, Always, TV, Why Not

When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.

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Wednesday, Fact, Back, Refer

As a comedian, I am obligated to tell you the truth, my truth. To share with you my beliefs, my perspective. And I think that we forget sometimes that that's the oath that comics take, that we will go up and share everything - the irreverent, the scary.

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Sometimes, Tell, I Think, Irreverent

I was not a silly kid or outgoing. In fact, I suffered from quite a bit of anxiety. I used to have panic attacks when I was a teenager, really incapacitating moments, because I had some phobias.

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Fact, Some, Outgoing, Phobias

My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.

- Dane Cook

Born, I Was Born, Very, Phobias

If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.

- Dane Cook

Say, Use, Then, Tact

Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!

- Dane Cook

Hot, Sing, Notes, Britney

If haters or whatever want to find you - I mean, some of them are so tenacious. You want to hire them to work for you. They're very, very savvy in terms of how they find you and get to you.

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Some, Hire, Very, Savvy

I work with a lot of kids. Every year, for the past fifteen years, I work at Comedy Camp where I work with a lot of kids.

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Year, Fifteen, Lot, Camp

I've lived in LA for so long, I don't even know what is real and what isn't any more.

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Know, More, Even, La

I don't write any of my material down. I like to improvise and be spontaneous.

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Like, Improvise, Material, Spontaneous

My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks. Immediately after that, I had a horrible betrayal where my brother, who worked for me, stole a lot of my money. He's in jail now.

- Dane Cook

Away, Nine, Nine Months, Stole

I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.

- Dane Cook

Strong, Woman, Ecstatic, Table

The little boy inside of all us men always loves something video game related.

- Dane Cook

Game, Always, Loves, Video Game

I do try to keep my show very improvisational. I don't work off a set list; I like to keep it more in the moment. I like to have information about where I'm going, what might be happening in that particular region as well. I like for people to feel like the show is for them.

- Dane Cook

Show, Very, About, Region

My fam is just a regular family. But all of them have great senses of humor.

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Humor, Senses, Them, Regular

I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close to being a therapist. When you're working smaller clubs, you're listening. You're feeling an energy, you're going with a tone but when people start yelling out, you almost start a conversation with people.

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Very, Firmly, Smaller, Conversation

When I'm looking for hot button answers to tough questions, I don't look to congressman or my mayor. I say, 'What would Miss U.S.A. have to say about this?'

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Questions, Answers, Mayor, Button

I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.

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Explore, Need, Other, Seventeen

I grew up very self-loathing. I was a phobic. I had anxiety. I had panic attacks.

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Anxiety, Very, Self-Loathing, Panic

My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'

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Mom, Compass, Nickname

No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.

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Think, Everyone, Cause, Drown

I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.

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Love, Comedian, I Love, Remind

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