If you don't like the people, you're just doing a sketch. Which, in most cases, is comedy minus some emotional backbone. — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny. — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
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… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
It's dangerous talking about comedy; it gets to be very tedious and presumptuous. — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops. — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
What's interesting about Laurel and Hardy is that in most comedy teams, there's a straight man, and then there's the funny guy.… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
The truth of it is that people are not going to want to go to improvisational theater if it's not funny. You… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
My passion is more specific, in the sense that I've always liked doing comedy. I've always liked doing music. I like acting.… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
The main thing that's important to me is getting to do whatever project it is the way that I do what I do, and… — Christopher Guest Copy Share
My passion is more specific, in the sense that I've always liked doing comedy. I've always liked doing music. I like acting. And apparently,… — Christopher Guest Copy Share
In 'Waiting for Guffman,' the character I played, the Corky character, he's very serious about what he does, and it's not meant to be… — Christopher Guest Copy Share
They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's futile beyond… — Christopher Guest Copy Share
It's infrequent that that happens - great performances and magical cinematography and great direction. — Christopher Guest Copy Share
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… — Christopher Guest Copy Share
We all know many people who have been through this reality, and how it changes them. This happens to be an area I know… — Christopher Guest Copy Share
People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny. — Christopher Guest Copy Share
Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised. — Christopher Guest Copy Share
'Waiting For Guffman' was different right away from 'Spinal Tap,' because we didn't show the interviewer. That person became invisible immediately. That created a… — Christopher Guest Copy Share
If you're deluded, you live in a place where there isn't everyone else's reality. — Christopher Guest Copy Share
