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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

Topics: Arenas Been Films Fortunate Get Music Play Wearing Wig Write

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I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world that they lose sense and awareness of how they appear to other people. They're so earnest about it. But that's true of so many things.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: About Am Appear Awareness Become Earnest How Interested Lose Many Notion Obsessed Other People Sense Things True World I Am

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In 'Waiting for Guffman,' the character I played, the Corky character, he's very serious about what he does, and it's not meant to be mean that this is a small town and these people aren't the most talented people. They're trying the best they can. So to be mean, that would be kind of horrifying in its superficiality.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: About Be Kind Best Character Does He Horrifying Kind Mean Meant Meant To Be Most People Played Serious Small Small Town Talented Talented People Town Trying Very Waiting Would

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Strangely enough, among my dad's things, I found the diary of an ancestor who was born in 1797 and became a ventriloquist in London. That was quite chilling. It described exactly how I was as a child but 150 years earlier - doing voices, pretending to be a ventriloquist.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Among Ancestors Became Born Child Chilling Dad Diary Doing Earlier Enough Exactly Found How London Pretending Quite Strangely Things Ventriloquist Voices Who Years

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

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Cinematography Direction Great Happens Magical Performance

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In 'Spinal Tap,' there's the fake historical quality of 'Stonehenge.' It's something the musicians look at with a mystical reverence. In folk music, it's the seriousness with which these people approach their 'art.'

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Approach Art Fake Folk Folk Music Historical Look Music Musicians Mystical People Quality Reverence Seriousness Something Spinal Tap Which

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I get asked, 'Who would you really like to work with?' I'm already working with them. Smart, talented, funny people, good musicians, an extended family, good friends.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Asked Extended Extended Family Family Friends Funny Funny People Get Good Good Friends Like Musicians People Really Smart Talented Them Who Work Working Would You

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You know when you're young, you have this unbelievable stupidity and arrogance and ignorance all mixed in?

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Arrogance Ignorance Know Mixed Stupidity Unbelievable You Young

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You can't improvise without a skeletal structure; you can't just go in and start talking. This is a very misunderstood craft because no one else makes movies like this.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Because Craft Else Go Improvise Just Like Makes Misunderstood Movies Start Structure Talking Very Without You

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I myself delve into very arcane things.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Myself Things Very

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: February 5th, 1948

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