Fred Willard Quotes
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My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches.
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My stepfather was a military man: he was in the Air Force. Reserve. You thought he'd seen front-line action, but he was stationed in Cleveland.
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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 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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All America is familiar with the Yankee-Dodger-Giant trivia, but so many other teams had great moments.
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If I like a movie, I see no reason not to go back for Parts 2, 3, 4, etc.
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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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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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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 like to play the guy that has no self-awareness.
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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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'Fernwood 2-Night' didn't help me too much when it was first on.
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People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.'
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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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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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God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely.
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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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There's this whole underground world of amateur television production.
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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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Getting those parts in the Christopher Guest movies was the second biggest helper to my career after 'Fernwood.'