Author: Christopher Guest

Quotes

I've been fortunate. I get to write films. I get to write music in films. I get to play arenas wearing a wig.

I've been fortunate. I get to write films. I get to write music in films. I get to play arenas wearing a wig.

- Christopher Guest

It's infrequent that that happens - great performances and magical cinematography and great direction.

It's infrequent that that happens - great performances and magical cinematography and great direction.

- Christopher Guest

Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.

Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.

- Christopher Guest

I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living.

I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living.

- Christopher Guest

People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.

People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.

- Christopher Guest

Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.

Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.

- Christopher Guest

Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised.

Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised.

- Christopher Guest

I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.

I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.

- Christopher Guest

The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.

The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.

- Christopher Guest

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