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People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Anything Anything Else Else Funny People See Seriously Take Themselves Too Who

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All these movies are observational comedies. I see somebody, maybe a dry cleaner, and notice how they are. Maybe I'll decide to turn a person with those traits into a studio chief.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Chief Cleaner Comedies Decide Dry How Maybe Movies Notice Person See Somebody Studio Those Traits Turn I See

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I don't know if I'd mastered that documentary format, but I wanted to move on from it.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Documentary Format Know Mastered Move Move On Wanted

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Most films, when you finish as an actor, you just go home.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Actor Films Finish Go Go Home Home Just Most You

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The reason I work with the same people, it's not just an accident.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Accident Just People Reason Same Work

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Ninety-nine percent of television shows, I've never seen.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Never Ninety-Nine Ninety-Nine Percent Percent Seen Shows Television Television Shows

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I watch mostly documentaries and things that aren't remotely funny.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Documentaries Funny Mostly Remotely Things Watch

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I read kind of serious books about fairly arcane subjects.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: About Books Fairly Kind Read Serious Subjects

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I went to Bard College for a year. And then, even though I didn't think I should give my blood to the theater, I did go to N.Y.U., which is where I met Michael McKean.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Blood College Did Even Give Go Met Michael Should Theater Then Think Though Where Which Year

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People ask me, 'What's your next film?' And I never know.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Ask Film Know Me Never Next People Your

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: February 5th, 1948

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