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I started playing the piano, pretty much on my own, when I was 5, and I started writing music when I was 7. In fact, I won a composition award. It was a crummy little piece, but I won with it.
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I started making my own short films as a way of being able to give myself something to do and to study my craft.
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When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural way of looking at the world.
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There are people who own cars and are getting free cell phones. A car helps one find a job, too. Where do you draw the line?
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I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips.
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I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.


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In Peru, if you gave somebody a little chance to do something, they took it to the furthest extent. They took nothing for granted. And here in L.A., you kind of get caught up in your own little dilemmas and your own little life.
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I started writing my own plays, and I would sell out, but after everything was said and done, I'd break even. That's being successful.
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