![I'd spent ten years in London, writing and performing my own comedy shows. They gave me the Cheers [scenes], and I thought it was the springboard for chatting about the show, because in England, that's what you do. So I walk in, and I'm looking around, and Jimmy Burrows said, "What are you looking at? You're not here to have a conversation; you're here to audition."](/assets/img/quote-photos/id-spent-ten-years-in-london-writing-and-performing-my-own-comedy-shows-they-g.jpg)
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