I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
AL YANKOVICI’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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