Chevy Chase Quotes
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When you stop to realize that Abraham Lincoln was probably never seen by more than 400 people in a single evening, and that I can enter over 40 million homes in a single evening due to the power of television, you have to admit the situation is not normal.
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I have been asked to direct many times and usually said no.
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Chaplin was my idol. I remember watching those movies at this little theater in Woodstock, N.Y., when I was probably 6 and laughing so hard at the surprises, like Keaton suddenly being dragged by a streetcar.
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Ideally, I'd like to go right back to getting $7 million a picture and being the headliner. That's probably not going to happen.
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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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I'm a New Yorker, and I live in the country.
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If you get 'hot,' everyone's nice to you.
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The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.
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Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.
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I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.
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Yes, I've seen Louis CK. I wouldn't in any way make a degrading remark about Louis CK, but the question is do I think anyone is funny? And the answer is not too many people. He might fit right in there.
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Be Funny. Be naturally funny. If you're not, get out of the business. Be compassionate.
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I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies.
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I was a young, new, hot star, and I had this unbelievable arrogance. As time went on, the strident narcissism and arrogance slowly diminished. But I was definitely there. I'm older now. And a big crybaby.
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There was a whole slew of 'Cops and Robbersons,' just films that didn't measure up, that didn't stand for anything comedically. They were purely for a paycheck.
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Laughter kills lonesome. It's one of the great things in our lives.
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I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.
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Anybody can reach anywhere from five to 15 million people weekly making a president look like an idiot, as I did back then, or Tina Fey did with Sarah Palin... You're always preaching to the choir one way or the other.
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It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.
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The idea of trying to write sketches the same way we did on Saturday Night Live every day would be damn near impossible.
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I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.
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I guess I look so straight and normal, nobody expects me to pick my nose and fall.
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The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.
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The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching.