Not getting into drama school when I was 17. In those days, the first thing people said was, “Where did you train?”
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That I didn’t go to Turkey during the pandemic for one of those male hair treatments.
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Susan Calman
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That I’m still having the same discussions about women in comedy as I was having 12 years ago. Are we funny? Will anyone watch us? Can I have my own sitcom?
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Not having come from a class that understands how the world works.
Danny DeVito
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That the US, Britain and all these other bozos are still fighting wars all over the world.
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The metabolism I had in my 20s.
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My children’s education.
Intermittent laziness.
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