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 I couldn`t be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War. There are times when I`m driving home after a day`s shooting, thinking to myself, That scene would`ve been so much better if I had written it out.
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Most of the time I`m thinking, I`m glad that scene was improvised.
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When you`re not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom.
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The only change I can really see is that I don`t have to shop for pants in stores anymore.
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Drugs scared me.
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A place to go - that`s what my mother always instilled in me. You need a place to go. And you`re worthless unless you have a place to go.
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I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out.
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It has to do - I think - with growing up in an apartment, with my aunt and my cousins right next door to me, with the door open, with neighbors walking in and out, with people yelling at each other all the time.
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Sure, being a reservist wasn`t as glamorous, but I was the one who had to look at myself in the mirror.
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Women love a self-confident bald man.
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I just feed off the energy of the audience.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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You write about what you know.
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Well, as you know, I`m really only happy when I`m on stage.
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I just wanted laughs - that`s really what I was after.
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I`ve led this empty life for over forty years and now I can pass that heritage on and ensure that the misery will continue for at least one more generation.
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Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.
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Every relationship is just so tenuous and precarious.
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It`s that I wasn`t suited to do the kind of comedy that these people were coming to hear - mainstream comedy.
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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.
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I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized.
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At first, I didn`t realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.
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If you tell the truth about how you`re feeling, it becomes funny.
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[after winning the Golden Globe for best comedy series ]"This is a sad day for the Golden Globes. It is, however, quite a good day for Larry David. I suspect the wife will be a little forthcoming tonight."
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I`m a walking, talking enigma.
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I managed to put together an act that I could do, and enjoy, and kill with, on a Saturday night. But it still was difficult going on.
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When I was living in New York and didn`t have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I`d think, "That`ll be good, that`ll be a good spot for me when I`m homeless".
I don`t think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It`s not even interesting to me.
I didn`t cringe when I saw myself - I mean, sometimes I did, but it wasn`t a big cringe-fest for me.
I couldn`t be happier that President [George W. Bush] has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.
Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then.
Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there`s your diamond in the rough.
Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I`m very casual about it.
Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn`t involve a woman.
[after winning the Golden Globe for best comedy series] This is a sad day for the Golden Globes. It is, however, quite a good day for Larry David. I suspect the wife will be a little forthcoming tonight.
I guess I still feel that I`m a comedian; if I had to pick one thing that I feel like I could do, it would be that. That doesn`t mean that I like it, but I feel that`s what I am.
Trivia
Once neighbors with Kenny Kramer.
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Spouse, Laurie Lennard (31 March 1993 - present) (separated) 2 children
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As he grew richer, with a Forbes-estimated fortune of more than $200 million for his role as co-creator of "Seinfeld" (1990), this otherwise hapless, former failed stand-up comic says that he developed an allergy to caviar, which "was the perfect metaphor for my life."
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Was a writer on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) for one season. In that entire season, David got only one sketch that he had written on the air, and it was the last sketch of the night.
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Was the inspiration for the character of George Constanza on "Seinfeld" (1990).
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Roger Ebert gave David`s major motion picture writing-directing debut Sour Grapes (1998) a zero-star review (a rating he saves for especially bad movies he finds to be "evil"). David got his revenge with his new show "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000), where a food critic (who just happens to use a thumbs up/thumbs down approach to his reviews) gets his thumb broken at the end. Ebert loves the show, though he recalls wincing at the thumb-breaking scene.
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Close friend of writer Damien Furey.
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Graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in history.
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Is a New York Yankees fan.
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Was a cast member of the TV series "Fridays" (1980). Another cast member was Michael Richards, who later played Kramer on "Seinfeld" (1990).
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The popularity of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has resulted in the term "Larry David moment," meaning inadvertently causing a socially awkward situation, entering the American pop culture lexicon.
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Father of two daughters.
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When he was a stand-up comedian, he once walked on-stage and surveyed the crowd. Sensing no connection with them, he said, "This just isn`t going to work," and promptly walked off the stage without performing any jokes.
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He carries a pad of paper and a pencil with him wherever he goes to record his ideas, which typically come from his real life interactions with people.
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