Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange. "
Fred Willard
Very
Experience
Eric
Related Quotes:
" I have a guy who does my hair. He's a car nut. And he was taking motorcycle lessons. And, what was my point? "
Fred Willard
Hair
Car
Motorcycle
" After working with Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Jonathan Mangum, I said, 'I am never going to talk about improv again.' "
Fred Willard
Working
I Am
Going
" I just love everything that Disney and Pixar do. Not only do they do beautiful films, but they have great messages for kids. "
Fred Willard
Great
Everything
Love
" I never got any advice in acting. "
Fred Willard
Never
Advice
Acting
" I'll go in a minute to see a sketch show. "
Fred Willard
Go
Show
See
" I was an only child. "
Fred Willard
Child
Only Child
Only
" 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. "
Fred Willard
People
Character
Doing
" 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
Say
Someone
You
" Christopher Guest, he'll call and say, 'We're doing this movie, and I'd like you to play _' and he gives you the character, then I always like to enlarge on the character. "
Fred Willard
Character
Doing
Play
" 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. "
Fred Willard
Talk
Perfect
Because
" 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. "
Fred Willard
Me
Group
Chicago
" One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones. "
Fred Willard
You
Great
Great Things
" It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening. "
Fred Willard
Movies
Work
Almost
" I love sketch; it's my favorite form. But if it's all improv, they're either very good, and it's annoying how good they are, and it makes you feel bad, or they're not too good; then you're sweating for them. "
Fred Willard
You
Sketch
Love
" I am re-collecting the baseball cards my mom had thrown out when I went away to school. You know you are an adult when you can buy a whole set of baseball cards instead of two packs at a time. "
Fred Willard
Mom
School
Time
" If you're not doing something right, you can feel it on stage, and if it isn't going well, the audience will tell you. A teacher can teach you sense memory and this and that, but until you get in front of an audience, you don't really feel it. "
Fred Willard
You
Doing
Feel
" I really enjoy working on 'Modern Family.' "
Fred Willard
Enjoy
Working
Really
" Someone I've always admired is Catherine O'Hara... I think she's one of the best actresses in the country, not only comedy. I just think she's just a step aside from everybody, she's just wonderful. "
Fred Willard
Step
She
Country
" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "
Fred Willard
Just
Awe
Everybody
" '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. "
Fred Willard
Dreams
Help
Know
" Let me say this: I have said, any time, if it's Martin Mull, I will say yes. If it's Christopher Guest, I will say yes. "
Fred Willard
Time
Say
Said
" I love San Francisco! "
Fred Willard
I Love
Francisco
San Francisco
" 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?' "
Fred Willard
Why
You
Pilot
" When we need a policeman, God bless 'em, they're there. But, if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, everything seems suspicious. "
Fred Willard
God
Wrong
You
" I like to play the guy that has no self-awareness. "
Fred Willard
Like
Guy
Play
" A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward. "
Fred Willard
Great
You
Moving
" 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
" I've never crossed over to be a big star. I'd like to be in a big $100 million movie, though. 'Cause I was in an 'Austin Powers,' I think I had two lines, and every once in a while, I get a check, a really nice check, for that movie. "
Fred Willard
Nice
Star
Two
" 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!' "
Fred Willard
God
Think
You
" I love to draw, although I wish I was better at it. "
Fred Willard
Love
Better
Wish