British - Director | February 5, 1948 -
Strangely enough, among my dad's things, I found the diary of an ancestor who was born in 1797 and became a ventriloquist in London. That was quite chilling. It described exactly how I was as a child but 150 years earlier - doing voices, pretending to be a ventriloquist.
Christopher Guest
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I get asked, 'Who would you really like to work with?' I'm already working with them. Smart, talented, funny people, good musicians, an extended family, good friends.
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It's infrequent that that happens - great performances and magical cinematography and great direction.
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In 'Waiting for Guffman,' the character I played, the Corky character, he's very serious about what he does, and it's not meant to be mean that this is a small town and these people aren't the most talented people. They're trying the best they can. So to be mean, that would be kind of horrifying in its superficiality.
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When you've been a character in a movie - and this has happened when we've done concerts as Spinal Tap or as The Folksmen - people see you as characters walking out of a movie. And you appear in public, then, to play, it's a very schizophrenic thing.
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I'm a fly fisherman. I make flies. They're imitations of insects at different stages in their development.
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People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.
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My daughter recommended Chris O'Dowd to me after seeing him in 'Bridesmaids,' so I watched that and his sitcom, 'The IT Crowd.' When I was over in London, we met up, and I knew immediately he was the right person.
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I don't know anyone who's ever taken a bus. It's a mysterious form of transportation.
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I painted sets before I ever performed.
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You know when you're young, you have this unbelievable stupidity and arrogance and ignorance all mixed in?
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I find it really appalling when people talk about comedy.
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