Comedies don't get nominated for Oscars. It doesn't happen. So when we set out to do a movie, it's not what we're… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't read anything about my movies before or after I do films, or any part of show business. I think that… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I didn't go to film school. I had been an actor in movies, I had been in plays, and then I just… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
Nothing is cut while I'm shooting. I edit between nine months and a year, and usually have around 80 hours of footage… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
When you hear someone talking in a restaurant or overhear someone talking on the street, there are very different patterns of conversation… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I don't do any editing while we're making the movie. I sit down and watch it all with my editor, we make… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
All these movies are observational comedies. I see somebody, maybe a dry cleaner, and notice how they are. Maybe I'll decide to… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I don't think we've ever known what the hell's going on when we do Tap shows. It's possible the audience are effectively… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
In the kind of films that I do, there is an extremely limited number of people that can improvise. The reason the… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
When you've been a character in a movie - and this has happened when we've done concerts as Spinal Tap or as… — 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
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
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
