I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over.
Ben Stiller
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It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,
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Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy
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To be made honest by an act of parliament
I should not alter in my faith of him. BEN JONSON Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known.
They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,
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