Chris Elliott Quotes

#1. Probably the most fun I've ever had, actually, acting. Because it was the perfect extension of the stuff that I'd started to do on Late Night With David Letterman, and when I look back on all my work, it was probably the best possible incarnation of Chris Elliott, of me.

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#2. I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.

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#3. I'm not a competitive person.

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#4. I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night.

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#5. Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.

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#6. That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?

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#7. The majestic architecture, the cultivated manners, the simplicity of life, the disregard for one's fellow man, the plagues, the rampant corruption, the unmitigated racism, and the uncontrollable violence--all the things our grandparents called 'the good old days'...

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#8. But I don't think I was ever destined to be a big star.

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#9. I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.

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