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People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.
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I'm not really premeditative in any way at all. I come up with an idea, hopefully for a film, and then I'm lucky enough to do the film.
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'The Office' is an amazing show. So is 'Extras.'
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The minute the money is more, you lose your control, so then there's no point.
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I guess there's something that's appealing to me about people that are aspirational-slash-deluded.
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I've been buying guitars since 1964, and you fool yourself into thinking it's the last one.
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What's interesting about Laurel and Hardy is that in most comedy teams, there's a straight man, and then there's the funny guy. And with Laurel and Hardy, they're both the funny guy.
Christopher Guest -
I didn't go to film school. I had been an actor in movies, I had been in plays, and then I just sort of jumped into it.
Christopher Guest
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When I look back on what I've done, I think I'm drawn to obsession, perhaps.
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Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.
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Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised.
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Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.
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When my daughter played volleyball in school, they were the Wildcats. Well, there are about a million Wildcats. Why don't you come up with another name?
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'Waiting For Guffman' was different right away from 'Spinal Tap,' because we didn't show the interviewer. That person became invisible immediately. That created a different way of tuning it and ultimately editing it.
Christopher Guest
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In the kind of films that I do, there is an extremely limited number of people that can improvise. The reason the ensemble continues in the movies is because those are the people that can do that kind of work. It's not just an accident those people are in the film.
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I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.
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My daughter recommended Chris O'Dowd to me after seeing him in 'Bridesmaids,' so I watched that and his sitcom, 'The IT Crowd.' When I was over in London, we met up, and I knew immediately he was the right person.
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I don't do any editing while we're making the movie. I sit down and watch it all with my editor, we make longhand notes on pads, and then we begin our work.
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There isn't much improvisation in film - there's virtually none. The people that theoretically could be good at this in a theater situation don't necessarily do this in a film in a way that will work, because it's much broader on a stage.
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Most films, when you finish as an actor, you just go home.
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Some instinct has told me I need to live in a world that isn't consumed with reading about myself or anyone else or someone's opinion about something. I need to be clear of that. It's just healthier for me. I feel happier.
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I don't read about myself, and I don't read any magazine that has anything to do with movies or show business.
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I love being with my family and just being a regular person.
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The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are thrust into these situations. That, to me, is completely artless.
Christopher Guest