Fred Willard Quotes

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Fred Willard

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 18, 1939

People still quote my lines from 'Best in Show.'

Fred Willard

Getting those parts in the Christopher Guest movies was the second biggest helper to my career after 'Fernwood.'

Fred Willard

When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts.

Fred Willard

I loved Bob Hope and the way he would turn to the camera and break the fourth wall.

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Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero.

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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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Comedy relieves you. A lot of times, we think we're the only people bothered by certain things. Then you hear a comic say, 'Don't you hate it when...' And it's, 'Oh, my God! Of course!'

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A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward.

Fred Willard

One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones.

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I love to draw, although I wish I was better at it.

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I have great respect for the authorities.

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When we need a policeman, God bless 'em, they're there. But, if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, everything seems suspicious.

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As an actor, and as you get to a certain level... and it's pilot season and you read the trades, you could have a nervous breakdown. 'So-and-so's signed for a pilot. Why aren't I?'

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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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In most cities, it doesn't cost much to put your own show on a local access channel, so you get all sorts of strange stuff on the air.

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There's this whole underground world of amateur television production.

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How can we say any one actor's work was better than another's?

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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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'Field of Dreams.' Definitely one of the best baseball films of all time. When Kevin Costner spoke to his dad, and his dad answered, I, um, I mean a lot of guys I know couldn't help crying.

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I like to play the guy that has no self-awareness.

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