Chevy Chase Quotes

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Chevy Chase

Profession : Comedian

Birth : October 8, 1943

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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It seemed that my brother and I were always fighting in the back seat, and there was never any real reason for it.

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All those car battles with my brother Ned were excellent training. Even now, on the set, if we're getting into a vehicle, I'll yell 'shotgun' first. Thus forcing Steve Martin into the back of the car.

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I did comedy and parody television in the '70s. I was a liberal Democrat, and it was a very heady year.

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Parodies came about because Mr. Ford was actually one of the better athletes of our presidents... but he continually had physical accidents... he was an easy target for me. The main idea was to get people laughing.

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All preconceptions when you laugh go out the window. Laughter kills it.

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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've always loved the 'Weekend Update' people.

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I've usually had two styles: the Fletch character and the Clark Griswold character.

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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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It's incredible. Twenty-three minutes on the air, and I've got to shoot for twelve, fifteen hours a day. What the hell's that?

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I have been asked to direct many times and usually said no.

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For me, what makes you laugh makes you laugh.

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It's about timing and rhythm. But who could be better than Chaplin or Keaton?

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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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If you get 'hot,' everyone's nice to you.

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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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Anything I have blown a lot of money on? Well, I have three daughters and a wife - that's four women, and I'm working on a sitcom, so you could say that I am just trying to stay alive!

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I did very well when I was younger, and I am fine.

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I prefer movies because the money is better and certainly because you really know where you stand when you are making movies, and I have made a lot of them: 50-something - I don't know.

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