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" Martin Landau in 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' - he gave me chills. "

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

" I'd love to have Burt Reynolds' career. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I was an only child. "

" I loved Bob Hope and the way he would turn to the camera and break the fourth wall. "

" If you're a cheerleader, people see you. If you're a mascot, you're just helping out. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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!' "

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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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" I have always been more relaxed around comedy. "

" I have a guy who does my hair. He's a car nut. And he was taking motorcycle lessons. And, what was my point? "

" 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?' "