Peter Billingsley Quotes

American - Actor | April 16, 1971 -

When I was a kid, I really wanted a metal detector for Christmas, convinced I was going to find buried treasure and could retire at 12. Santa Claus brought me one, but sadly, that treasure was never realized. It's amazing how many bottle caps you have to dig up. But to be honest, that dream is still alive.

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AmazingMeYouDreamFindTreasure

'A Christmas Story' has become such a special part of the holiday season for so many families.

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You have to pace yourself. As a producer, you start with a concept and shepherd it through the script to the delivery of the film. It's a very long journey for an hour and 40 minutes of movie.

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JourneyYourselfStartLongYou

I was sleeping on editing room floors for $300 a week.

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People will still recognize me and say, 'You'll shoot your eye out!'

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PeopleMeEyeYouSayWill

I got to Arizona in 1980, before the Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Coyotes. The sun rose and set with the Phoenix Suns, and it wasn't very spectacular. But I became a loyal fan and went to a lot of games.

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SunRoseGamesPhoenixLoyalFan

I had brothers and sisters and did chores and had to pick up the dog crap in the yard and mow the lawn and do all the normal things that kids have to do.

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DogUpNormalLawnThingsKids

Guys like Alvin Adams, Sweet D Walter Davis, Larry Nance, and Kyle Macy became my basketball heroes.

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SweetBasketballHeroesLikeGuys

'A Christmas Story' has always meant a lot to me personally.

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MeStoryChristmasAlwaysPersonally

I think good comedy is a commitment to the absurd in that the situation for the actors should be virtually played like a drama.

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GoodCommitmentThinkComedyDrama

I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.

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GoodThinkComedyYouLookDown

I've had a nontabloid life because I had a really good family.

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