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Charles Nelson Reilly

(1931–2007) Comedian

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Charles Nelson Reilly was a comedian.

Quick Facts About Charles Nelson Reilly

Born: January 13, 1931
Died: May 25, 2007
Profession: Comedian

About Charles Nelson Reilly

[Wikidata] American comedian and actor (1931–2007)... | [Wikipedia] Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher. He performed in the original Broadway casts of Bye Bye Birdie; Hello, Dolly!; and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. His television

Quotes by Charles Nelson Reilly

If I make $30,000 a month, I'll spend $29,999. I tell friends, 'Oh, you need money to go to college?' I'm a…

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College

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Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. You can't walk…

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Away

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A voice in my head tells me that I'm at the twilight of an extraordinary life. I say extraordinary because of the…

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Because

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You can't do anything else once you do game shows. You have no career.

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Anything

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I live at the dentist's. I'm on my third set of teeth that they put in with nails and screws.

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Dentist

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I was 24 yesterday. Suddenly you wake up, and you get on the elevator, and there's a mirror there. And you look…

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Elevator

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My friends are very rich. Elizabeth Taylor sends flowers the size of the bathtub. I'm not kidding.

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Bathtub

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Capricorns like to stay in one place. I have to go to work in places like New York, but basically, I don't…

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Agent

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The thing that's funny is that everyone thinks I'm dead.

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Dead

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Just get a bag and drop a dream in it, and you'll be surprised what happens.

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Bag

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The favorite thing I like to do is nothing. I'm such an expert at doing nothing. I have a boat. I make…

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Boat

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When I die, it's going to read, 'Game Show Fixture Passes Away.' Nothing about the theater, or Tony Awards, or Emmys. But…

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About

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Because I was an only child, I don't like many people around, and that's why I don't have any servants.

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Any

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If you ever get injured or have an asthma attack, the last words you get out are, 'Sammy Davis suite, please.' That's,…

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Asthma

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Everyone should have hair. When you get dressed up, you must do that last whip of hair spray, or life's not worth…

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Dressed

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It's fun to get a message on the phone service that Lucille Ball or Burt Reynolds called, and play it very blase…

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Anyone

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We have to make sure what we're doing is true - true as in life and not as in opera. The only…

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About

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If you're entering a room for the first time, do it the way you would in life - look around; see how…

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Another

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