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Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest

British Director

Born: Feb 5, 1948

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Folk musicians have a lot of the same self-importance, but they're way more cruel and jealous than rock musicians - I know this for a fact because I used to be a folk musician. Christopher Guest

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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

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

Music Films Wig Wearing Arenas Write Been Get Fortunate Play

I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to. It used to get me into trouble as a child. Christopher Guest

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I'm married to the person I fell in love with. Christopher Guest

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I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living. Christopher Guest

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The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way. Christopher Guest

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Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero. Christopher Guest

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

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You can pick almost any field, and there's going to be weird people. Christopher Guest

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The minute the money is more, you lose your control, so then there's no point. Christopher Guest

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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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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I've been buying guitars since 1964, and you fool yourself into thinking it's the last one. Christopher Guest

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I'm fascinated by real-time behavior. Christopher Guest

Behavior Fascinated

It couldn't have been more nerdy or bizarre, playing the clarinet. But I studied classical clarinet, went to the high school for music and art in New York City, and then found the guitar and the mandolin after it. Christopher Guest

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When you've been a character in a movie - and this has happened when we've done concerts as Spinal Tap or as The Folksmen - people see you as characters walking out of a movie. And you appear in public, then, to play, it's a very schizophrenic thing. Christopher Guest

I wouldn't say I'm a connoisseur of film. I like certain films, but I don't pretend to be a connoisseur of films, no. Christopher Guest

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