Bill Maher

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.