Fred Willard Quotes
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I think everyone has a door in their brain that says, 'Do not exit here.' If you go past it, you'll find all the dumb thoughts in there, all the stupid things that shouldn't be said. I've probably gone there more than anyone should in a given lifetime.
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I have great respect for the authorities.
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I did a show called 'Lois & Clark' - it was about Superman - years ago. They wanted someone to play the president of the United States. The plot was the president got kidnapped by a group, and they made a clone of him, who was very irresponsible and silly.
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I had just done a movie called 'How to Beat the High Cost of Living,' and it didn't get a good review. And the same people sent me the script for 'Airplane!' for the Robert Hays part. I read it, and there were a lot of plays on words, and I said, 'I don't like this kind of comedy.'
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I first became interested in 'great moments' when I read about the famous Feller-to-Boudreau pickoff play in the 1948 World series.
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Martin Landau in 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' - he gave me chills.
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I'll go in a minute to see a sketch show.
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If you're going to take a risk as a comic, make sure it's surrounded by other things that you're certain are funny.
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If you're a cheerleader, people see you. If you're a mascot, you're just helping out.
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All America is familiar with the Yankee-Dodger-Giant trivia, but so many other teams had great moments.
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There's different kinds of improv. There's Second City improv where you try to slowly build a nice sketch. There's stuff you do in college coffee houses where you just go joke, joke, joke. Bring another funny character with a funny hat on his head. Christopher Guest is more the line of trying to get a story out.
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Everybody I run into goes, 'Hey, 'Best in Show!'' Or, 'Hey, that dog movie!' which I don't mind because I'm not too good on titles.
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I just love everything that Disney and Pixar do. Not only do they do beautiful films, but they have great messages for kids.
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When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts.
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I used to collect autographs outside of the old Cleveland Stadium. I can still remember everyone who took the time and spent a few minutes to make your day. That sticks with you.
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People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.'
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I don't know why my lines that were cut from the film didn't make it onto the DVD. I have offered to go into the editing room with Christopher and work shoulder to shoulder with him to fit all my lines in. I think he thinks I'm kidding. I'm only trying to help.
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'Fernwood 2-Night' didn't help me too much when it was first on.
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I guess if you're a professional mascot, you're doing it for the money, but a college mascot just wants to be out there.
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God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely.
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Getting those parts in the Christopher Guest movies was the second biggest helper to my career after 'Fernwood.'
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There's this whole underground world of amateur television production.
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I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson.
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That's always a funny thing, when people think they're known for every little thing they ever did, and they're really not.