Kurt Fuller Quotes

I grew up as a very sarcastic person. I was always the class clown, and to date girls I had to be really funny. I was really skinny growing up.

The best thing to do, if you really want to be good, is drink vodka all day, from the second you get up to the second they say, "Cut!"

I was a terrible actor, and that's why I got the job: I would allow myself to be so bad that I lowered and got down to WWF standards.

I suppose there are a lot of people who'd kill to have my career, but I still feel like a fan.

There are some things you can't unsee, and there are some movies you can't get off IMDB no matter how hard you try.

I was probably 34 when I got my first on-camera acting job, and it was through a friend of mine, who was working as a writer on the show, and I've never been more frightened in my life.

I always liked to go to Vancouver to shoot, because I think Vancouver's a beautiful city.

It's never good to just imitate somebody. That never works, because then you're not filling it with anything.

I started out old, but I have to say that I've been very lucky to work consistently since I started. I've really never been out of work.

I had great affection for Dana Carvey, and I think we all thought, "Dana's the guy. There's the comic genius."

I started just naturally turning into a nicer person, and it actually helped broaden and lengthen my career.

You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.

Without being good enough, I started figuring out how to make my way through the minefield of a script, which is what it was to me at the time, and the rest is semi-history.

I was lucky enough to be a "type." Sort of a bad-guy type at the time, because I was tall and I had dark eyes. A lot of times, you don't have to be good; you just have to be the right type.

I did so much theater, where everybody I worked with was so much better than me, that I just sort of learned.

In general, I did what a lot of character actors do: I did it to get girls.

Do less than you ever thought it was possible to do.

To be an actor, a lot of times it's a strange combination of high confidence and low self-esteem. Which is a weird combination to have, but I think it's sort of very common among actors.

I just don't feel like - I've never felt like - part of the entertainment industry. I still just feel like I'm trying to work my way in. And that's weird.

I didn't watch the Emmys because - well, for one, I have been to awards shows, and I understand how it works. For another, sour grapes. Actually, that's probably number one.

I guess show business is a lot like baseball: "Wait until next year!" You just never know. Some of the shittiest shows I've ever seen run forever, and some of the best things never get a chance.

Show business is a great place to fail upward... and I guess that's what I've done.

When you're working, nobody's a star. We're all just actors trying to figure it out.

I got all of my out-of-work time done in the years when I first came to L.A.!

I just don't feel like part of the fraternity of actors. I do geek out. All the time.

I can't emphasize the immediate panic that would set in when I had to audition. I can't believe I did it.

I was so thin, I had to run around in the shower to get wet. That kind of thin.

I always had to rely on humor and sarcasm. And when I started having kids, that doesn't work with kids. Kids don't understand sarcasm, and they certainly don't understand my humor.

Why focus on what somebody might think? Nobody talks [on TV] like people really talk most of the time.

I don't know: Why aren't people fascinated by air traffic controllers?