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Leslie Nielsen Quotes

Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: canadian
Birth: February 11, 1926 - November 28, 2010

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True Yes Been Make Would Guess

Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot.

Character Me Action Story Comedy

There was a fascinating handmade poster scene in Chicago in the '90s, and I became friends with many of the artists; the posters were often more impressive than the bands.

Friends Chicago More Handmade Than

Don't like small talk, love rainy days.

Melissa Gilbert

Love Small Talk Days Small Talk

A lot of the novels that I've really enjoyed in my life, whether it's Tolstoy's 'Cossacks,' or 'Sons and Lovers' or 'Jude the Obscure' or 'David Copperfield' or 'Herzog,' have an autobiographical spine.

Life My Life Obscure Lovers Sons

I think I saw 'Rushmore' my senior year in high school. You know, Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, there's such a voice to those movies. It's not like 'Die Hard' where it's like, 'Oh, this is an adventure. It just happened.' It's like you can hear the voice. I was like, 'Oh, I want to do that.'

Adventure School High School Think

I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations.

Myself Look Aspirations Architectural

Fiction is all about vicarious experiences and getting into other people's heads in a way that no other art form lets you.

Robert J. Sawyer

Art People You Way Fiction Form

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Others Pity Only Ourselves Those

Our senses are indeed our doors and windows on this world, in a very real sense the key to the unlocking of meaning and the wellspring of creativity.

Creativity World Key Doors Meaning

I've come to realise I work so much better when I'm going by instinct.

Work Better Going Come Instinct

I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I did a stand-up comedy camp at the Laugh Factory, and I started out on Nickelodeon.

Laugh Comedy Doing Serious Never

We see the world not as it is, but as we are.

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