You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to … - Sarah Silverman

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I was doing a show at the National Youth Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and I thought, 'If I want to have the career I would like, I am going to have to lose weight. ' I was just starting drama school, and found I was moving around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off.

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You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to make people laugh and please them, you're too resentful to do it.

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