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" I've always wanted to be on a soap opera. "
Fred Willard
Wanted
Soap
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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 like to play the guy that has no self-awareness. "
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" Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero. "
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" I have great respect for the authorities. "
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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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" '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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" 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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" 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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" I love working with Ty Burrell. "
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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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" 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?' "
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" God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely. "
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" When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts. "
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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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" I really enjoy working on 'Modern Family.' "
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" I love to draw, although I wish I was better at it. "
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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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" 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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" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "
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" I'd love to have Burt Reynolds' career. "
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" If you're a cheerleader, people see you. If you're a mascot, you're just helping out. "
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" It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which made me nervous, but I found I could improvise. Then I was in a group called the Ace Trucking Company, which we'd do, like, a half hour set of material, then open up for improvisation. "
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" I have always been more relaxed around comedy. "
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" People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.' "
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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 just look back, and I say, you know, Christopher Guest just raised my whole career to another level. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" With improv or a full length play - you know how you go to a theater, and after 10 minutes you say, 'Oh, I don't like this thing,' but you don't want to get up and leave? At a sketch show, it's always something new every few minutes. "
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