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" God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely. "
Fred Willard
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" I've found over the years that for some reason, people either are big fans and have to use me, or they don't quite understand what I'm doing. "
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" Let me say this: I have said, any time, if it's Martin Mull, I will say yes. If it's Christopher Guest, I will say yes. "
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" I have a guy who does my hair. He's a car nut. And he was taking motorcycle lessons. And, what was my point? "
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" I love sketch; it's my favorite form. But if it's all improv, they're either very good, and it's annoying how good they are, and it makes you feel bad, or they're not too good; then you're sweating for them. "
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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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" 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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" I love working with Ty Burrell. "
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" I really enjoy working on 'Modern Family.' "
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" When we need a policeman, God bless 'em, they're there. But, if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, everything seems suspicious. "
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" I loved Bob Hope and the way he would turn to the camera and break the fourth wall. "
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" I love to draw, although I wish I was better at it. "
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" When you think about accountants, who would want to be an accountant? But, what would we do without accountants? Whether it's soldiers or garbage men or doctors, everyone has the thing that they love. "
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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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" Everybody I run into goes, 'Hey, 'Best in Show!'' Or, 'Hey, that dog movie!' which I don't mind because I'm not too good on titles. "
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" I always loved comedy growing up - Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye. "
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Up
" I think if you have a funny thought, and you want to get off a funny point, try to do it as realistically as you can. If you try to act it funny and accent the funny points, or do it in a funny style, you kind of lose it. "
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" The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange. "
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" 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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" It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening. "
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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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" 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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" I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way. "
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" Looking back, I was a very good kid, very studious and all. But I would always come out with a quip - and I was sent to the principal's office several times. "
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" 'Field of Dreams.' Definitely one of the best baseball films of all time. When Kevin Costner spoke to his dad, and his dad answered, I, um, I mean a lot of guys I know couldn't help crying. "
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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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" I try to shy away from playing cranky people, but if it's just a funny next-door neighbor or business man, I'll say, 'Sure, why not?' "
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" It's more fun in a way to do ensemble scenes, where you know your background, you know the scene, but you can't prepare because someone else is going to say something that is going to lead you off. "
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" People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.' "
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" One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones. "
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" I'll talk your ear off if you recognize me. "
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