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" I love to draw, although I wish I was better at it. "
Fred Willard
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" How can we say any one actor's work was better than another's? "
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" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "
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Awe
Everybody
" 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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Neighbor
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" It's not a bad typecast: the goofy guy. "
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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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Movies
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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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" '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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Know
" I have great respect for the authorities. "
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Respect
Great
" All America is familiar with the Yankee-Dodger-Giant trivia, but so many other teams had great moments. "
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America
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" I really enjoy working on 'Modern Family.' "
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Working
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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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God
Wrong
You
" I guess it's from going to Virginia Military Institute. I'm a good person to follow orders. "
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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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" I always loved comedy growing up - Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye. "
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Growing Up
Comedy
Up
" I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson. "
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Enough
Play
Someone
" The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange. "
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Very
Experience
Eric
" When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts. "
Fred Willard
Cowboy
Want
Star
" I once was in a project. They were going to do a remake. Somebody started a rumor I wanted more money. I said, 'This is ridiculous. I'd kill for this project!' "
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Project
Money
More
" There's this whole underground world of amateur television production. "
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Television
Production
Whole
" 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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World
Moments
Famous
" Getting those parts in the Christopher Guest movies was the second biggest helper to my career after 'Fernwood.' "
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Career
Movies
Helper
" 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. "
Fred Willard
You
Funny
Going
" 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
" 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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Working
I Am
Going
" My stepfather was a military man: he was in the Air Force. Reserve. You thought he'd seen front-line action, but he was stationed in Cleveland. "
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Thought
Action
Air Force
" 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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Time
Say
Said
" 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. "
Fred Willard
Talk
Perfect
Because
" 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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You
Doing
Feel
" God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely. "
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God
Bless
Mean
" Martin Landau in 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' - he gave me chills. "
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He
Martin
Gave