Bill Maher
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And I went to the University of Kansas.
And, you know, late 80s, I just didn't think...
We didn't have the internet.
The world wasn't as touchable as it is today, so I just didn't see a path to becoming an actor.
Yeah.
But I didn't think there was a path, so I never thought it was a real dream.
I just thought it was a great dream, and I loved comedy, and I loved...
you know watching all the great comedians of the day and I loved watching all the movies the comedic movies and I could quote him chapter and verse but and I loved acting and all that but it wasn't tangible it wasn't real so I was like okay okay yeah of course I want to do that but what do I really got to do I got to get a job that's what I got to do I got to get a job and that was the mindset it's a very Midwestern mindset you never made it to the FBI no you stayed the military hooked you
It kept me in for long enough.
Mal, I was always...
What was interesting was, as I went through the Marines, I got more confidence.
I got more confidence.
I got more confidence.
I got more confidence.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's tough.
But I got more confident.
And then...
Because I got confident and because they kind of showed me my new limits, this is what I thought my limits were, then they showed me my new limits.
I said, you know what, maybe I could be an actor.