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" I'll talk your ear off if you recognize me. "
Fred Willard
Your
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" Kids can relate to having some scary person living near their house. They can relate to, 'Hey, don't go near that house.' We all can. "
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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'd love to have Burt Reynolds' career. "
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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. "
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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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" I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way. "
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" I had just done a movie called 'How to Beat the High Cost of Living,' and it didn't get a good review. And the same people sent me the script for 'Airplane!' for the Robert Hays part. I read it, and there were a lot of plays on words, and I said, 'I don't like this kind of comedy.' "
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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 was an only child. "
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" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "
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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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" The witch in 'Snow White' is a very scary image. "
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" 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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" 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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Someone
Group
" I saw the 'Wizard of Oz' recently and realized that, all my life, I thought they were real monkeys with wings. That's how scary that movie was for me. "
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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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" Suddenly you're like a pirate, you're 65 years old and you've got an earring. "
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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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" Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I have great respect for the authorities. "
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" A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward. "
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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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" Because I started my career in improv, performing with Second City and the Ace Trucking Company, I always enjoy being in situations where - as an actor - you have to think fast & be light on your feet. "
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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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" 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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