American - Comedian | October 8, 1943 -
What's funny is funny. The same thing that made you laugh a hundred years ago makes you laugh now.
Chevy Chase
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I think I need to be taken away, dropped in some territory with just a lot of loud guys.
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To me, talk shows are those things during the middle of the afternoon where the underbelly of society is made to look like Middle America.
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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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Be Funny. Be naturally funny. If you're not, get out of the business. Be compassionate.
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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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