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What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.
Chevy Chase
Me
Creative
Care
Alive
Circumstance
About
Given
Friends
Being
Interests
I was a young, new, hot star, and I had this unbelievable arrogance. As time went on, the strident narcissism and arrogance slowly diminished. But I was definitely there. I'm older now. And a big crybaby.
Chevy Chase
Time
Arrogance
Big
Narcissism
Young
Older
Definitely
Diminished
Unbelievable
Slowly
Had
Hot
New
Star
Now
When I saw 'Caddyshack,' I realized I couldn't act.
Chevy Chase
Saw
Realized
Act
Avoid fatty foods, Bensonhurst, and hair care products.
Chevy Chase
Care
Hair
Fatty
Foods
Avoid
Products
I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor.
Chevy Chase
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Own
Sense
Kind
My Own
Rely
Performance
Come
Freer
Improv
Where
Much
Thing
Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default.
Chevy Chase
Jimmy
Run
Minus
Anyone
Wants
Who
Default
Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.
Chevy Chase
Stars
Press
Television
Written
Make
Makes
Media
I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking.
Chevy Chase
Will
Picture
Sign
Tell
Kind
Seeking
Touch
Shake
Take
Hand
Person
Personal
Autograph
Really
I learned a lot about handling fans from established stars.
Chevy Chase
Fans
Stars
About
Learned
Lot
Handling
Established
With Clinton, there's no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he's also a good friend.
Chevy Chase
Good
Made
Lying
Would
No Question
He
Also
His
Clinton
Question
Friend
Fun
Good Friend
I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film.
Chevy Chase
Single
Every
Chaplin
Charlie
Charlie Chaplin
Film
Watched
The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching.
Chevy Chase
People
White
White House
Carter
Fact
Had
Stumbling
House
Him
Ford
Around
Want
Wanted
Forum
Million
Million People
Watching
Kept
Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my three-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else.
Chevy Chase
Else
Once
Kids
Married
Seemed
Someone
Kissing
Had
Wrong
Because
Got
Roles
Wondering
Moved
Romantic
Daddy
Why
Away
I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.
Chevy Chase
Good
Made
Think
About
Were
Five
Movies
Them
There are very few solid family films. A lot of the writing is awful.
Chevy Chase
Family
Writing
Few
Films
Solid
Lot
Very
Awful
It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.
Chevy Chase
Me
Took
Learn
How
Making
Making Movies
Years
Movies
You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.
Chevy Chase
You
Out
Responses
Bothered
Facts
Joking
Never
Check
Read
Survey
May
Who
Filled
The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.
Chevy Chase
Best
People
Comedy
Know
Did
Who
Ever
I don't know if my looks will ever get any better, but my pratfalls sure won't.
Chevy Chase
Better
Will
Know
Looks
Sure
Get
Any
Ever
I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.
Chevy Chase
Business
Mind
Guess
Laughs
Just
Being
Much
Now
Actor
Most of the films I've done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.
Chevy Chase
Films
Ruined
Most
Were
Done
Filming
I am just happy that I have children. I don't care what they want to do!
Chevy Chase
Happy
Care
Am
dont Care
Just
Children
Want
I would love to do a movie with Albert Brooks; we're so different, but I find him so funny, and I can be just as seemingly narcissistic as he comes off, the 'it's all about me' kind of thing.
Chevy Chase
Love
Funny
Me
Kind
Would
Find
Brooks
About
Seemingly
He
Him
Narcissistic
Off
Just
Different
Movie
Thing
Albert
In this business, you can come and go in a second.
Chevy Chase
You
Business
Come
Come And Go
Go
Second
Nobody prepares you for what happens when you get famous, and I didn't handle it well.
Chevy Chase
You
Nobody
Well
Handle
Get
Famous
Happens
Prepares
To me, talk shows are those things during the middle of the afternoon where the underbelly of society is made to look like Middle America.
Chevy Chase
Me
Made
Society
Those
Like
Look
Talk
Talk Shows
America
Middle
Where
Afternoon
Shows
Things
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