Quote by Lorne Michaels

"The audience can smell desperation. If you're trying too hard to be funny, you've already failed."

Lorne Michaels
Comedy Producer Canadian Born 1944 (age 82)

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"The show doesn't go on because it's ready; it goes on because it's eleven thirty."
"Live television is the hardest thing you can do in show business."
"Comedy is about truth, and Saturday Night Live has always been about telling the truth."
"You have to be willing to fail in order to succeed."

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