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" Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero. "
Fred Willard
Me
Hero
Comedy
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" I first became interested in 'great moments' when I read about the famous Feller-to-Boudreau pickoff play in the 1948 World series. "
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" I'd love to have Burt Reynolds' career. "
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" Comedy is harder, because if there's no laughs, it's pretty bad. But drama, if there's no reaction, you can say, 'Well, it's not their cup of tea. Maybe it's too heavy for the audience.' "
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" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "
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" Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history. "
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" It's not a bad typecast: the goofy guy. "
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" I am re-collecting the baseball cards my mom had thrown out when I went away to school. You know you are an adult when you can buy a whole set of baseball cards instead of two packs at a time. "
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" After working with Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Jonathan Mangum, I said, 'I am never going to talk about improv again.' "
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" People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.' "
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" The witch in 'Snow White' is a very scary image. "
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Witch
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" In most cities, it doesn't cost much to put your own show on a local access channel, so you get all sorts of strange stuff on the air. "
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Air
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" I've never crossed over to be a big star. I'd like to be in a big $100 million movie, though. 'Cause I was in an 'Austin Powers,' I think I had two lines, and every once in a while, I get a check, a really nice check, for that movie. "
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" Tobe Hooper - he did my favorite horror movie, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre.' It's still one of my favorite horror films. "
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" I still think 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' was what they call one of those watershed movies. That and 'The Exorcist' and 'Psycho' were just landmarks for those horror films. "
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" I did a show called 'Lois & Clark' - it was about Superman - years ago. They wanted someone to play the president of the United States. The plot was the president got kidnapped by a group, and they made a clone of him, who was very irresponsible and silly. "
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Silly
Someone
Group
" I used to collect autographs outside of the old Cleveland Stadium. I can still remember everyone who took the time and spent a few minutes to make your day. That sticks with you. "
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Time
I Can
" I always loved comedy growing up - Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye. "
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Growing Up
Comedy
Up
" The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange. "
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Experience
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" A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward. "
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Great
You
Moving
" I just love everything that Disney and Pixar do. Not only do they do beautiful films, but they have great messages for kids. "
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Great
Everything
Love
" If I like a movie, I see no reason not to go back for Parts 2, 3, 4, etc. "
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I See
See
Reason
" I loved Bob Hope and the way he would turn to the camera and break the fourth wall. "
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Loved
Camera
Hope
" I was an only child. "
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Child
Only Child
Only
" I really enjoy working on 'Modern Family.' "
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Enjoy
Working
Really
" Bob Balaban is so perfect that the first movie I did with him, I couldn't talk to him because I was so intimidated by him. "
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Talk
Perfect
Because
" I don't know why my lines that were cut from the film didn't make it onto the DVD. I have offered to go into the editing room with Christopher and work shoulder to shoulder with him to fit all my lines in. I think he thinks I'm kidding. I'm only trying to help. "
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Think
Know
" If you're going to take a risk as a comic, make sure it's surrounded by other things that you're certain are funny. "
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Going
" With improv or a full length play - you know how you go to a theater, and after 10 minutes you say, 'Oh, I don't like this thing,' but you don't want to get up and leave? At a sketch show, it's always something new every few minutes. "
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" It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which made me nervous, but I found I could improvise. Then I was in a group called the Ace Trucking Company, which we'd do, like, a half hour set of material, then open up for improvisation. "
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Group
Chicago
" I have great respect for the authorities. "
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Great Respect
Respect
Great