Chevy Chase Quotes
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Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money.
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The raising of an eyebrow, how you do it; when you look, how you look. All those little things are physical.
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Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.
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I turned down 'Forrest Gump.'
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It was pretty clear that I was a funny guy, just as a guy.
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I don't know if my looks will ever get any better, but my pratfalls sure won't.
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All those car battles with my brother Ned were excellent training. Even now, on the set, if we're getting into a vehicle, I'll yell 'shotgun' first. Thus forcing Steve Martin into the back of the car.
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It's so important, people laughing.
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There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful.
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If you're in the White House, it's your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.
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Most of the films I've done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.
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If what you do in life is perform to open up eyes and minds, to make people laugh, then it better damn well be new! It shouldn't be just a repetitious 'Hey, I'm still here!'
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Live a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children.
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It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.
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There's no vacation from being a parent.
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I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film.
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My father was the funniest guy I ever met. I'm not sure if I stole his stuff or if I inherited it.
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I've always loved the 'Weekend Update' people.
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I was very involved in political satire, and I'd been writing parody for 'Mad' and 'National Lampoon,' so I made up some strange story about Gerald Ford.
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With Clinton, there's no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he's also a good friend.
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I have been asked to direct many times and usually said no.
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Comparing 'Christmas Vacation' to 'It's A Wonderful Life' is the silliest thing. That film starred the greatest movie actor of all time, and the idea that our movie could ever be connected in some fashion to something so brilliant and beautiful always made feel like, 'That's all they had to write about?'
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It wasn't as if I was simply some guy who had never seen the other side of the tracks.
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I really love making movies. I just have this yearning in my stomach to go back and somehow subversively screw up television a little bit again.