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I look stupid without a mustache.
Erik Griffin
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I think the best compliment you can receive is not, 'Oh, that was really funny,' but, 'Is that the first time you said that?' It's something that you've said a thousand times, but if somebody says to you, 'Oh my God, is that the first time you've done that?' you know that performance was where you wanted it.
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When they first start doing comedy, new comics or even people that have only been doing it three or four years, they're doing an impersonation of a stand-up. This is what I think a stand-up should sound like.
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It's not like every male comic you meet is funny. Like, a lot of them are not funny.
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We need more female voices to come out there and do comedy.
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Sometimes comedy can be, like, negative and just the worst parts of ourselves coming out.
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Women are hilarious.
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My inspiration to do comedy came from many places. Saturday mornings, I would watch Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis movies. I later got into watching stand-ups like Eddie Murphy, who was my main inspiration.
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Most of the time, the truth is ugly and in your face! My observational brand of humor is very much all in your face!
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I don't believe anything is truly off limits, but as a performer, one has to know that people might be offended, and there are consequences.
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'The Ugly Truth' isn't trying to change the world with strong political opinions; it's just trying to entertain you with thoughts and ideas from my crazy mind!
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I started going to the open mics every day in 2003. You make the comics laugh, they get you work, and you build up your reputation. It was a slow process.
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