Christopher Guest Quotes
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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 watch mostly documentaries and things that aren't remotely funny.
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People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.
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As an actor, I trust my ear.
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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.
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'The Office' is an amazing show. So is 'Extras.'
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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.
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I'm a fly fisherman. I make flies. They're imitations of insects at different stages in their development.
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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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The minute the money is more, you lose your control, so then there's no point.
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The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.
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I think fans are so brought up in a culture of rooting for a team since they were kids, ostensibly, and are blind to this idea that people might take offense.
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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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There are dozens and dozens of improv classes across the nation, but it really cannot be taught.
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It's dangerous talking about comedy; it gets to be very tedious and presumptuous.
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Most films, when you finish as an actor, you just go home.
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I'm drawn as well to the lower echelons of things because it struck me a long time ago that it didn't really matter on what level people were working on anything; it was just as important to them as the people working on what's perceived as a higher level.
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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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When I look back on what I've done, I think I'm drawn to obsession, perhaps.
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Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.
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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'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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Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.