If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle. You end up focusing all your energy on trying to get parts you don't even want.

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

I was the little guy who knew how to tie a necktie. It came from having absentee parents. They were tremendously loving and caring people who, by circumstance, had to go to work.

Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.

Things don't always end up the way we planned but it doesn't mean the plan wasn't magical while it lasted.

Campbell" Julia says "Don't do this to me""Do what?""Push me off the same cliff twice

The most clear-sided view of the darkest possible situation is itself an act of optimism

The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

Buried under the biggest burden is a good place to find an even bigger blessing.

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I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.

Audiences can be leery of sequels; the studios make a hit, they see dollar signs, and they make a cheap rip-off.