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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. "

Fred Willard

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" I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way. "

Fred Willard

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

" I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. "

" 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

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" I love San Francisco! "

" 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. "

" There's this whole underground world of amateur television production. "

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

Fred Willard

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

" 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?' "

" 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

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" 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. "

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

" '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. "

" I love working with Ty Burrell. "

" I never got any advice in acting. "

" 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?' "

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

" 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!' "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" I was an only child. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "