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" I guess the essence of my comedy is to get into a very abnormal situation but act like it's normal. "
Fred Willard
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" If I like a movie, I see no reason not to go back for Parts 2, 3, 4, etc. "
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" Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero. "
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" The witch in 'Snow White' is a very scary image. "
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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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" The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange. "
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" My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches. "
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" Martin Landau in 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' - he gave me chills. "
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" I've been in a lot of shows, I will say that. Every once in a while, I'll look at a tape of something I've done, and I won't even remember having done it. "
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" 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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" Someone I've always admired is Catherine O'Hara... I think she's one of the best actresses in the country, not only comedy. I just think she's just a step aside from everybody, she's just wonderful. "
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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 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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" God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely. "
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" If you're not doing something right, you can feel it on stage, and if it isn't going well, the audience will tell you. A teacher can teach you sense memory and this and that, but until you get in front of an audience, you don't really feel it. "
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" If I have to play an obnoxious character, try to find a redeeming feature of him. The most obnoxious people in the world were people, and they had had a reason for doing what they did. So you try to find that and let the obnoxiousness come out. "
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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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" I have great respect for the authorities. "
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" I love San Francisco! "
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" I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring. "
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