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" 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!' "

Fred Willard

Project

Money

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Good

Done

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Fred Willard

Group

Chicago

" 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. "

" I'll talk your ear off if you recognize me. "

" Getting those parts in the Christopher Guest movies was the second biggest helper to my career after 'Fernwood.' "

" 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. "

" I always loved comedy growing up - Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye. "

Fred Willard

Growing Up

Comedy

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Comedy relieves you. A lot of times, we think we're the only people bothered by certain things. Then you hear a comic say, 'Don't you hate it when...' And it's, 'Oh, my God! Of course!' "

" One of the first shows I ever did was 'Laverne & Shirley.' I played this sleazy guy that came into town with a friend and was going to date Laverne and Shirley, but we really wanted to get into the bowling alley because it was next to the bank we wanted to rob. "

" 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. "

" It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening. "

" When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts. "

" I love San Francisco! "

" I guess if you're a professional mascot, you're doing it for the money, but a college mascot just wants to be out there. "

" I like to play the guy that has no self-awareness. "

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Guy

Play

" 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. "

Fred Willard

Reason

People

" I really enjoy working on 'Modern Family.' "

" My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches. "

" All America is familiar with the Yankee-Dodger-Giant trivia, but so many other teams had great moments. "

" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "

" There's different kinds of improv. There's Second City improv where you try to slowly build a nice sketch. There's stuff you do in college coffee houses where you just go joke, joke, joke. Bring another funny character with a funny hat on his head. Christopher Guest is more the line of trying to get a story out. "

" I have great respect for the authorities. "

" As an actor, and as you get to a certain level... and it's pilot season and you read the trades, you could have a nervous breakdown. 'So-and-so's signed for a pilot. Why aren't I?' "

" Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero. "

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Hero

Comedy