"I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.“


-Simon Pegg

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I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

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