“I was like, ‘I want to do a late-night show with a lot of feelings, and I want to say fuck.’ And they were like, ‘Cool.’ ”

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“He went, ‘Ugh, I hate the word “hitman,” I hate what it conjures up in my mind.’ And I said ‘No, no, what if it was me?’ ”

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