A biography for Chevy Chasehasn’t been written yet.
“It's about timing and rhythm. But who could be better than Chaplin or Keaton?”
“I learned a lot about handling fans from established stars.”
“We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs.”
“I was very involved in political satire, and I'd been writing parody for 'Mad' and 'National Lampoon,' so I made up some strange story about Gerald Ford.”
“Anybody can reach anywhere from five to 15 million people weekly making a president look like an idiot, as I did back then, or Tina Fey did with Sarah Palin... You're always preaching to the choir one way or the other.”
“It's incredible. Twenty-three minutes on the air, and I've got to shoot for twelve, fifteen hours a day. What the hell's that?”
“I've been too funny in my life to have to play a character who's... moderately funny.”
“I guess I look so straight and normal, nobody expects me to pick my nose and fall.”
“Parodies came about because Mr. Ford was actually one of the better athletes of our presidents... but he continually had physical accidents... he was an easy target for me. The main idea was to get people laughing.”
“I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.”
“Anything I have blown a lot of money on? Well, I have three daughters and a wife - that's four women, and I'm working on a sitcom, so you could say that I am just trying to stay alive!”
“I turned down 'Forrest Gump.'”
“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.”
“It seemed that my brother and I were always fighting in the back seat, and there was never any real reason for it.”
“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.”
“It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.”
“I prefer movies because the money is better and certainly because you really know where you stand when you are making movies, and I have made a lot of them: 50-something - I don't know.”
“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.”
“When I saw 'Caddyshack,' I realized I couldn't act.”
“If you're in the White House, it's your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.”