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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. "

Fred Willard

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Fred Willard

Growing Up

Comedy

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" After working with Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Jonathan Mangum, I said, 'I am never going to talk about improv again.' "

" 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!' "

" I never got any advice in acting. "

" 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. "

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

Fred Willard

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Play

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.' "

" How can we say any one actor's work was better than another's? "

" Suddenly you're like a pirate, you're 65 years old and you've got an earring. "

Fred Willard

Pirate

Got

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

" It's not a bad typecast: the goofy guy. "

" 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

" I have always been more relaxed around comedy. "

Fred Willard

Comedy

Always

" 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. "

" If I like a movie, I see no reason not to go back for Parts 2, 3, 4, etc. "

" I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way. "

Fred Willard

Interesting

Way

" 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. "

Fred Willard

Scary

Person