I definitely am a performer, and there are different styles of stand-up; I mean, some people are writers and they get onstage to get jokes out, and that's definitely not what I do. I like to just go up and, if I'm telling a story about someone, I'll play his or her part.
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It's not quite as co... CHRIS MARTIN 'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breat... CHRIS PAVONE I don't think breakups are ever easy for anybody. If they are, they aren't much of a breakup... CHRIS YOUNG Some of the greatest reality television we ever had was the moon landings. When you think about it, ... CHRIS HADFIELD The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people ... CHRIS O'DONNELL Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow. CHRIS BURKMENN 'Horrible Bosses' is just blatant, outright fun. I've read some of what the critics have... CHRIS PINE No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or ... CHRIS WARE Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled tot... CHRIS MARTIN Keep your enemies in front of you CHRIS MATTHEWS What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the sim... CHRIS ABANI There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Fr... CHRIS CRUTCHER ...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better b... CHRIS CRUTCHER Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world. CHRIS BRADFORD