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Colin Quinn

Stand-up comedian

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SNL alumni

"The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either."

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Born in the 1950s

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A little about Colin

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Colin is a legend on Twitter, where he usually posts deliberately vacuous statements, often in the form of either inspirational statements or boasts about his celebrity status, that are intended to provoke his readers.

His spiritual side

He has an active Transcendental Meditation practice.

On the wagon

He stopped drinking in the early 1980s after several bad experiences with alcohol, including blackouts and arrests.

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Favorite books

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Favorite books

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I like to read funny books. I said Confederacy already but Don Quixote is funny and Lolita is funny. Just read Richard Price The Whites (not funny) but it was great.

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Stand-up tips

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Stand-up tips

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Tell your life stories and add the jokes in. You will be original. All you have in stand up is you and the way you view things.

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Dating other comedians

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Dating other comedians

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I think comedians dating other comedians is great. But not if one is a hack and one is good. Or if they have a kid who's a hack.

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Favorite non-Goodfellas movies

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Favorite non-Goodfellas movies

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In The Heat of The Night, On the Waterfront, Millers Crossing, The Roaring Twenties, Midnight Cowboy, The Heartbreak Kid (the original) and more..

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Is Norm Macdonald a genius

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Is Norm Macdonald a genius

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I don't know what constitutes a "genius" but Norm Macdonald is as funny and brilliant as anyone in comedy that's a given. If anyone is a genius he would fall into that category, though. I would have him on the show in a heartbeat.

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Advice on moving to new area

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Advice on moving to new area

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My advice is when you move to a new area, put a rolled up newspaper under your shirt, knock on your neighbors doors and when they open it let them see the bulge under your shirt and tell them "this is what's up now". Then wink and snap your fingers and walk away.

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On repeatedly being asked to tell people jokes on demand

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On repeatedly being asked to tell people jokes on demand

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People do ask you to tell jokes when you are a comedian. They are either dumb or hostile. Or dumb and hostile. I usually just assume they mean well but are dumb. But when you tell them a joke they don't laugh which is infuriating.

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