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" 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. "

Fred Willard

Why

Clown

Escape

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Fred Willard

Comedy

Always

" 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. "

" Everybody I run into goes, 'Hey, 'Best in Show!'' Or, 'Hey, that dog movie!' which I don't mind because I'm not too good on titles. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't know why my lines that were cut from the film didn't make it onto the DVD. I have offered to go into the editing room with Christopher and work shoulder to shoulder with him to fit all my lines in. I think he thinks I'm kidding. I'm only trying to help. "

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

" I have great respect for the authorities. "

" 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. "

" I love San Francisco! "

" 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. "

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

" I guess it's from going to Virginia Military Institute. I'm a good person to follow orders. "

Fred Willard

Person

Good Person

" I really enjoy working on 'Modern Family.' "

" I'll talk your ear off if you recognize me. "

" Some of the Christopher Guest movies, when I'm not really like myself, when I have my hair dyed blonde or had a faux-hawk haircut. Those I like to watch because it takes you away from your real self. "

" 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. "

Fred Willard

Reason

People

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

" The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely. "

" I never got any advice in acting. "

" 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. "

" When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts. "

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

Fred Willard

Hero

Comedy

" I love working with Ty Burrell. "