'Squandered' Career!

Janeane Garofalo: Her Regrets Over Boozing

Comic confesses to 'heavy, heavy' drinking!

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Janeane Garofalo regrets not boosting her lackluster acting chops.

In fact, the brainy brunette — who briefly became a Hollywood leading lady in films like “The Truth About Cats and Dogs” — insists her fame came from being “lucky enough” to be friends with comics Garry Shandling and Ben Stiller.


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“I would love to go back to my 20s,” admits the 52-year-old floundering funny lady. “You get this opportunity, and you shouldn’t squander it, which is what I think I did. I was a heavy, heavy drinker, and I wish I had not done that.”