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.

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.

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.

Find the most talented person in the room and if it's not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. try to be helpful.

There is no communication in this world except between equals.

If you're wrong, admit it!

"Grandmother" doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.

The vast majority of species that are vanishing, we haven't even discovered yet. How can you possibly put them back in nature if the ecosystem is gone?

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body, because the chains are on your mind.

Have I told you I have cancer? It's a very special kind of cancer. Cancer of the soul.

A vision without resources is an hallucination.

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

The easiest way to lose something is to want it too badly.