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• You know, before I would think, my cab driver hates me. Now I think my limo driver hates me.

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• You know, a TV show is a slow build.

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• Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I’m able to tell a joke. I thank God I’m good at something.

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• When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid.

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• Well, I’m a 14 handicap. Anyone who golfs knows what that means.

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• The successful golfers – they’re like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That’s not me.

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• The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you’re, if we’re talking about comedy, of the live audience.

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• The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.

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• The best comedy, I feel, comes in a drama because it balances each other out.

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• Right after ‘Raymond’ I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don’t like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. ‘What is my purpose? Who am I?’ I had a big identity crisis.

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• My career has been my craziest adventure.

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• My kids are growing up and it’s hard to accept they are their own person and they’re independent.

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• It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.

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• In school, I wasn’t a very good student – I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.

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• If golf wasn’t enjoyable and there wasn’t a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.

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• I’ve always wondered, what am I going to do that’s important with these stupid jokes that I tell.

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• I’m always giving myself the Alzheimer’s test. My shrink told me to do this. It takes one minute. You name every word that comes to mind that begins with the letter F.

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• I’m aging, and the world is seeing it.

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• I’m a little different from the average dude because I’m on high-def TV now.

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• I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.

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Birth:	21st December, 1957
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter

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Raymond Albert "Ray" Romano is an American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and voice actor, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.

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