But the goofball host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show has her work cut out for her.

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"He is a funny man, a kind man, a bit of a goofball and not very well-spoken, " Cordsen said.

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The film also features some sweet performances, especially that of the gangly Miles Teller, who plays the town goofball with real bounce.

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"It was an unfortunate goofball statement for him to make, " Washington said.

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That's when his reign as Cory Matthews, the lovable goofball lead on the seminal Nineties sitcom "Boy Meets World, " came to an end.

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Often typecast as the blonde ditz, Diaz also hit the big screen opposite Tinseltown goofball Ashton Kutcher in Twentieth Century Fox's spring comedy, What Happens in Vegas.

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If you submit a snapshot, casting directors will assume you're the sort of amateur goofball who wanders around the set trying to make friends with Robert De Niro.

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None of the goofball five-tiered rating systems for him.

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Thus, Vivendi might claim with a straight face that Universal's pending holiday-season release, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, starring goofball actor Jim Carrey, could be a clunker, despite the flick's likely built-in audience.

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Mr. Howey comes across as a charming, self-deprecating goofball (he posted a video of himself doing ballet on his lawn on YouTube after he signed his publishing deal), but he's proven to be a savage negotiator and slick marketer.

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