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I don't have any ego about it, but I find there's not a great work ethic in show business. A lot of people are in it to make money, and coming from stand-up, you have to work so hard because almost nothing works, and if you lose the audience for three minutes, you're dead.
— Norm MacDonald
Tags: business, great, you, work

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Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.
— Norm MacDonald
Tags: whenever, right, like, think
I don't really like doing big stand-up. Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up. I've seen people in theaters, and it just doesn't work, because you're talking to the guy next to you the whole time.
— Norm MacDonald
Tags: people, time, you, work
It got very tedious saying the same jokes in the same way with the same attitude.
— Norm MacDonald
Tags: jokes, way, saying, attitude
I just hate plugs. It just doesn't seem entertaining to me. I've never plugged anything in my life on a talk show ever. I understand people use that vehicle. It's just not very entertaining.
— Norm MacDonald
Tags: people, hate, me, life
I've just seen really, really funny guys, and if I didn't know them, I wouldn't know they were funny from the television. I don't know what it does, it just sucks it away.
— Norm MacDonald
Tags: just, television, know, funny
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