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What interests me most are the emotional lives of the people. If I don't have that, it's not worth doing, frankly.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Doing Emotional Frankly Interests Lives Me Most People Worth

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Nothing is cut while I'm shooting. I edit between nine months and a year, and usually have around 80 hours of footage I have to get down to an 82-minute movie.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Around Between Cut Down Edit Footage Get Hours Months Movie Nine Nine Months Nothing Shooting While Year

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I haven't had to do anything outside of show business my whole life. I've never been a waiter. I've only worked and gotten paid. It hasn't been a classic example of someone slogging through the business.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Anything Been Business Classic Example Gotten Had Life Never Only Outside Paid Show Show Business Someone Through Waiter Whole Worked

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I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children's theater.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Actor Children City Did Many New New York New York City Plays Regional Smaller Started Theater Theaters Working York

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I didn't go to film school. I had been an actor in movies, I had been in plays, and then I just sort of jumped into it.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Actor Been Film Film School Go Had Just Movies Plays School Sort Then

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If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional movie, with any comedians, they're either not terribly intelligent or they're not doing something well.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Any Back Comedians Conventional Doing Either Even Go Intelligent Joke Movie People Sailing Showing Smooth Something Terribly Well Where You

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I love documentaries. My problem is when the filmmaker becomes the star.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Becomes Documentaries Filmmaker Love Problem Star I Love

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I've never seen a reality show. I don't watch television.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Never Reality Reality Show Seen Show Television Watch

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The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are thrust into these situations. That, to me, is completely artless.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: About Creating Doing Finding Fun Me Movies Our Part Pathetic People Rather Situations Something Talents Than Thrust Using Who You

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I find it really appalling when people talk about comedy.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: About Appalling Comedy Find People Really Talk

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: February 5th, 1948

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