[C. Montgomery] Burns is much purer evil than Nixon was. I think it's the purity of his evil that attracts me as… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
For a guy who is always banging on about the masculine virtues, Nixon had this remarkable proclivity for very dainty gestures. — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
If Nixon were a Republican senator today, he would have been primaried out. — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Here's a guy [Richard Nixon] who had no gift for small talk, never liked to be around strangers, was physically awkward, and… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
I wasn't playing Nixon's satirical stick figure. I was playing Nixon the man. As an actor, I felt I had to get… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
To me, the funniest American of the Twentieth Century is Richard Nixon because he had the most to hide, and he was… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Nixon's genius was that he was able to portray himself as the toughest of the anti-communists, and yet run on a platform… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
I've been doing Nixon pretty much my whole professional life. I was in this comedy group called the Credibility Gap in Los… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
There were really funny characteristics about this guy [Richard Nixon], chief of which would be that he seemed to devote about 85… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
I couldn't help but be struck that this guy I had thought was the embodiment of everything wrong with American politics, a… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
There were really funny characteristics about this guy [Richard Nixon], chief of which would be that he seemed to devote about 85 percent of… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
We're very pleased to be on a show which is known and loved around the world. — Harry Shearer Copy Share
The theater business is very much about "Hey, if you want our big blockbuster at Christmas time, you'll play our piece of crap in… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
Sometimes, songs spill out of you very fast, and sometimes you have to wrangle them to the floor. But the same thing is true… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
I would come back to public school for usually about half the year. It was actually better for me to be out of school… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
I always thought, as a kid, if you - and the reason that I sort of stayed away from doing one character on a… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation. — Harry Shearer Copy Share
I couldn't help but be struck that this guy I had thought was the embodiment of everything wrong with American politics, a lot of… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
I never wanted to do a regular sitcom, because I'd be incredibly bored doing the same character week in, week out. But the beauty… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
I went to graduate school at Harvard for one year I worked in the state legislature in Sacramento for one year. I taught school… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
I'm at a little loss in terms of my Leave It To Beaver expertise, since I never watched an episode of the show -… — Harry Shearer Copy Share
My job is to take what I think is funny and to make other people think it's funny, too. — Harry Shearer Copy Share
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