Chevy Chase Quotes

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Chevy Chase

Profession : Comedian

Birth : October 8, 1943

It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.

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I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking.

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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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Who made me laugh when I was growing was Chaplin and the Marx Brothers, and then moving on, there were so many that I was a writer for for many years: I was a writer for the Smothers Brothers, Lily Tomlin, then I started on 'Saturday Night Live' as the head writer the first year we started it.

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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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I learned a lot about handling fans from established stars.

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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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Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money.

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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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If you're in the White House, it's your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.

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Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default.

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I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film.

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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.

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We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs.

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I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

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They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase.

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There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful.

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I think the Clintons are brilliant. I've never met a person as intelligent as Bill, and I think Hillary is right up there with him. They're too smart for Washington.

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The first thing that happens is that you're overwhelmed by so much attention. It's just so unnatural. Only people who've been in that position can realize what it's like. I mean, you have to be there.

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Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.

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