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

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" 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. "

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" I love to draw, although I wish I was better at it. "

" My father passed away when I was 12, so it was very difficult. But I was always the class clown. I don't know why - maybe as an escape. But then I was sent away to military prep school. "

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" 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've always wanted to be on a soap opera. "

" 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.' "

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

" A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward. "

" 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?' "

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

" Tobe Hooper - he did my favorite horror movie, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre.' It's still one of my favorite horror films. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" I just love everything that Disney and Pixar do. Not only do they do beautiful films, but they have great messages for kids. "

" I just look back, and I say, you know, Christopher Guest just raised my whole career to another level. "

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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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" I think everyone has a door in their brain that says, 'Do not exit here.' If you go past it, you'll find all the dumb thoughts in there, all the stupid things that shouldn't be said. I've probably gone there more than anyone should in a given lifetime. "

" I guess the essence of my comedy is to get into a very abnormal situation but act like it's normal. "

" To a New Yorker, a 1948 Indians World Series baseball signed by the whole team might be worth only $200 to $300, but to a Clevelander like myself, it might be, like, $1,000 to $2,000. "

" 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. "

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

" The witch in 'Snow White' is a very scary image. "