Nate Corddry Quotes
When you work at 'The Daily Show,' you have to give 100 percent, or you're gone. The competitiveness and the minds that work in those offices are incredible.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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I've always respected and appreciated Punk, but we never really hung out. We came from the same route, but we didn't necessarily hang out in the same circles. I've always had a great appreciation and respect for his hard work.
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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise.
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You should seek approval from yourself.
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Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?'
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A play is a passion.
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I just don't like boring myself. That's one of the main reasons I did 'Ice Age' - because I'd never done something like this before.
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When you work at 'The Daily Show,' you have to give 100 percent, or you're gone. The competitiveness and the minds that work in those offices are incredible.
