I built my career on writing jokes apologizing for myself. It’s what most people do. You have to explain who you are, and you point to a difference t… - Hannah Gadsby

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I built my career on writing jokes apologizing for myself. It’s what most people do. You have to explain who you are, and you point to a difference that you have. That’s your angle. But when it becomes the only reason you speak, it becomes an issue; all your material revolves around why you’re different. The great freedom post-“Nanette” was that I’d put all that on the table.