"The whole thing in comedy is connecting to other human beings, " he said.

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For if you're going to accidentally have your product resemble a famous person, somehow, by a strange law of comedy that can't be explained, the absolute worst human being in the history of the world is far more amusing than, say, Tom Hanks.

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His mother runs her own corporate human-resources firm, where Mr. Madrigal had a lucrative job that he quit at age 32 to pursue comedy and acting full-time.

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