Fred Willard Quotes
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.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I knew from the first episode that 'Longmire' was something special - I met the writers/exec producers, read the script, and knew it was special, so to have the network and the studio and the fans get behind it in the way that they have has been really amazing.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I think its important to start the day with a proper breakfast.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much.
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What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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I was a filmy kid. I was two when I faced the camera for the first time. My parents realised it pretty early, and I'm really thankful to them for their support and help.
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Not deciding is a decision. People don't realize that not making a decision is a decision in itself.
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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.
