I've always loved improvised movies like Christopher Guest and the 'Spinal Tap' era of comedy. — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
Music documentaries are tricky because of 'Spinal Tap.' That movie has stood the test of time. — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
“No one's ever going to play this guitar. NO, don't even touch. Don't even look at it. Time to look away now.” — Nigel St. Nigel Copy Share Image
'Spinal Tap' influenced me, I think, specifically in making me really pay attention to tone. — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
That was Embassy Pictures, they went bankrupt shortly after This is Spinal Tap came out. — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
I would love to do a comedy spoof, like a Spinal Tap kind of thing. — Matthew McGrory Copy Share Image
We lived the life with Keith Moon. It was all Spinal Tap magnified a thousand times. — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap. — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
“Music has always been the greatest expression of mortal philosophy," continued Lucky. "The path to enlightenment is found in the lyrics of… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
I remember once, years ago, I met Sting, and he told me that he had seen 'Spinal Tap' 50 times. He said:… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
Has there ever been an Inquisitor who didn't die a horrible death?" Simon wondered out loud. " It's like being the drummer… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I don't know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film 'Annie Hall,' but it is, in a way, to Los… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I've made movies that nobody saw initially, and then, all the sudden, people over the years pick up on it. Like 'Spinal… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
For a long time, they thought I had lupus, then they thought I had something else. Finally, when I couldn't walk, they… — Jennifer Holliday Copy Share Image
“Dean had never quite imagined his life might end like this. Naked in a Tijuana brothel with an eighty-year-old woman dressed like… — Christa Faust Copy Share Image
Perhaps not unusually for a popular film produced over three decades ago, there have been a dizzying parade of corporate characters trading… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
There are people who think the film 'This Is Spinal Tap' is simply a very funny 'mockumentary.' Well, with Yes, we lived… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
'Spinal Tap' began as a mock rock band that we four - Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and myself - developed… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
To me, what I realized when we were doing 'Spinal Tap' - and the four of us wrote that - is, really,… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.' — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
There are bands that make parodies of being in a band, like Spinal Tap. That's a big influence. They're making fun of… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
I saw 'Purple Rain' in the summer of '84, and, 'Spinal Tap' notwithstanding, it's the greatest rock & roll film of all… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, This is Spinal Tap [1984] was the ultimate comedy, and it was the kind of thing I… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
'Waiting For Guffman' was different right away from 'Spinal Tap,' because we didn't show the interviewer. That person became invisible immediately. That… — 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
I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time. — Nina Blackwood Copy Share Image
I'm lucky that I can walk down the street, and maybe one person will recognise me from 'The Simpsons,' and another person… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
My biggest 'Spinal Tap' moment was a stupid one as well. When we were rehearsing for the Zeppelin O2 gig, I was… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
'Spinal Tap' is interesting because it created a genre of film and ended it - all in one motion. If you do… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
In 'Spinal Tap,' there's the fake historical quality of 'Stonehenge.' It's something the musicians look at with a mystical reverence. In folk… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
“ Five things I'd rather do than swatch for my new project 1. Get a spinal tap. 2. Scrub the bathtub after… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
As far as getting my start, it was really Norman Lear, even aside from being on 'All in the Family.' He helped… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
'This is Spinal Tap' was a film we felt really had to be done like that. It wouldn't have worked any other… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
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