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It's difficult to articulate how I know it's the right actor, but I do. It's instinct. Intuition.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Actor Articulate Difficult How Instinct Intuition Know Right

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My daughter recommended Chris O'Dowd to me after seeing him in 'Bridesmaids,' so I watched that and his sitcom, 'The IT Crowd.' When I was over in London, we met up, and I knew immediately he was the right person.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: After Bridesmaids Chris Crowd Daughter He Him His Immediately Knew London Me Met Over Person Recommended Right Right Person Seeing Sitcom Up Watched

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'The Office' is an amazing show. So is 'Extras.'

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Amazing Office Show

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I would make a huge distinction between theater improvisation and film improvisation.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Between Distinction Film Huge Improvisation Make Theater Would

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There isn't much improvisation in film - there's virtually none. The people that theoretically could be good at this in a theater situation don't necessarily do this in a film in a way that will work, because it's much broader on a stage.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Because Broader Could Film Good Improvisation Much Necessarily None People Situation Stage Theater Theoretically Virtually Way Will Work

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The truth of it is that people are not going to want to go to improvisational theater if it's not funny. You can succeed in doing all the things you're supposed to do - be truthful to scene - and if it's not funny, I'm telling you that no one's gonna care.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Care Doing Funny Go Going Gonna Improvisational People Scene Succeed Supposed Telling Theater Things Truth Truthful Want You

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In the kind of films that I do, there is an extremely limited number of people that can improvise. The reason the ensemble continues in the movies is because those are the people that can do that kind of work. It's not just an accident those people are in the film.

~Christopher Guest

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Mean doesn't last. Mean is over fast. Maybe this is the essence of everything, which is, to me, if there is no emotional center for what I'm doing, I have no interest in it at all.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Center Doing Emotional Essence Everything Fast Interest Last Maybe Me Mean No Interest Over Which

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To me, what I realized when we were doing 'Spinal Tap' - and the four of us wrote that - is, really, the core of that is the relationship with the two guys who grew up together and that strain when the girlfriend comes in. If that wasn't there, it's a very different movie. Then it's just bumbling guys stumbling along.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Along Core Different Doing Four Girlfriend Grew Guys Just Me Movie Realized Really Relationship Spinal Strain Stumbling Tap Then Together Two Up Us Very Were Who Wrote

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I'm drawn as well to the lower echelons of things because it struck me a long time ago that it didn't really matter on what level people were working on anything; it was just as important to them as the people working on what's perceived as a higher level.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: Anything Because Drawn Higher Higher Level Important Just Level Long Long Time Long Time Ago Lower Matter Me People Perceived Really Struck Them Things Time Well Were Working

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: February 5th, 1948

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