Top 50 Chevy Chase Quotes
#1. You could knock my teeth out and break my nose, and there'd be something funny about it to me.
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#3. Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.
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#4. Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my three-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else.
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#5. With Clinton, there's no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he's also a good friend.
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#7. Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default.
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#8. The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.
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#9. My father was the funniest guy I ever met. I'm not sure if I stole his stuff or if I inherited it.
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#10. If you're in the White House, it's your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.
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#11. A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.
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#12. You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.
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#13. I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.
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#14. I learned a lot about handling fans from established stars.
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#15. Live a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children.
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#16. It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.
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#17. What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.
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#18. Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money.
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#19. I think the Clintons are brilliant. I've never met a person as intelligent as Bill, and I think Hillary is right up there with him. They're too smart for Washington.
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#20. A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.
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#21. Socialism works ... [and] Cuba might prove that. I think it's conclusive that there have been areas where socialism has helped to keep people at least stabilized at a certain level.
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#22. What makes a home home? Animals, and a little bit of clutter.
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#23. We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs.
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#24. I am a clown, just without the painted smile.
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#25. I am just happy that I have children. I don't care what they want to do!
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#26. Let's not call physical comedy falling down and pratfalls. All humor is physical, no matter how you dish it out. It's timing, like a dancer or an athlete would have.
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#27. You can't observe as much if you're observed by others.
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#28. The first thing that happens is that you're overwhelmed by so much attention. It's just so unnatural. Only people who've been in that position can realize what it's like. I mean, you have to be there.
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#29. Some Harvard guy said that acid would open our minds, pot wouldn't hurt us, and cocaine was benign.
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#30. The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.
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#31. I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking.
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#32. I would love to do a movie with Albert Brooks; we're so different, but I find him so funny, and I can be just as seemingly narcissistic as he comes off, the 'it's all about me' kind of thing.
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#33. I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.
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#34. I guess I look so straight and normal, nobody expects me to pick my nose and fall.
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#35. Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.
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#36. All my children inherited perfect pitch.
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#37. There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful.
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#38. Fame is a very unnatural human condition. When you stop to realize that Abraham Lincoln was probably never seen by more than 400 people in a single evening, and that I can enter over 40 million homes in a single evening due to the power of television, you have to admit the situation is not normal.
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#39. Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.
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#40. I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.
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#41. I don't know if my looks will ever get any better, but my pratfalls sure won't.
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#42. It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.
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#43. I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies.
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#44. Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand.
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#45. Most of the films I've done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.
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#46. The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching.
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#47. I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.
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#49. Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma.
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#50. They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase.
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