Colin Quinn in 'Unconstitutional.'

Colin Quinn Started Smoking at Age Four

LIES | Nov 11, 2014

The former SNL cast member and veteran stand-up comedian remembers New York before the days of Mayor Harold Bloomberg’s smoking ban, when people were tough. And Colin Quinn knows a thing or two about being tough—an ex-fraternity brother at MIT, he’s now touring the country performing other performers' acts because, as he tells Sara, he's a better comedian. And no one’s going to do anything to stop him.

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