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A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they've trusted take responsibility, and that is what's toxic.

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My brain is just so busy. I'm inattentive; I'm a daydreamer: the space cadet kind.

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We need to hear stories from older women. There's a wealth of wisdom and real resilience there, but they're silenced.

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Just because it's been around for centuries, doesn't mean it's cool to be a creepy old man.

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Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle.

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I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting.

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The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.

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I think most people's view is that selfies are just vanity and stupid, but I think they're really great.

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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.

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I don't want to be a didactic voice. I like to ask more questions than I answer, just to get people thinking and to make it safe to access art.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Comedian

Born: January 12th, 1978

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