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# Harry Shearer

(1943)   Actor   United States

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Harry Shearer is an actor from the United States, best known for *Not Enough Indians*.

## Quick Facts About Harry Shearer

Born December 23, 1943

Nationality United States

Profession Actor

Notable works Not Enough Indians

Known for The Simpsons, This Is Spinal Tap

Spouse Judith Owen

## About Harry Shearer

Harry Julius Shearer is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film Real Life (1979) with Albert Brooks and worked as a writer on Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night.

## Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

##  Quotes by Harry Shearer · Page 2

> [Well I directed a few feature length things for HBO in the late eighties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/well-i-directed-a-few-feature-length-things-for-hbo-in-the-late/)

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[Eighties](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eighties/)

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> [Bryce Canyon isn't as famous as the Grand Canyon, but it is just incredible - nothing compares to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/bryce-canyon-isn-t-as-famous-as-the-grand-canyon-but-it-is-just/)

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> [When it moved to Friday night it disappeared, when they find another show that can do what The Simpsons does, they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/when-it-moved-to-friday-night-it-disappeared-when-they-find-another/)

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> [I think the British learn their history through the prism of this gallery of grotesques known as the royals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-think-the-british-learn-their-history-through-the-prism-of-this/)

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[British](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/british/)

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> [The act of getting married, stripped of the necessity to have a secure setting to raise children, seems to me no less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/the-act-of-getting-married-stripped-of-the-necessity-to-have-a-secure/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [I love to see what real human behavior looks like. I've always envisioned my job as just observing and noting that and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-love-to-see-what-real-human-behavior-looks-like-i-ve-always/)

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[Behavior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behavior/)

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> [I've got an odd, negative bond with C. Montgomery Burns. He reminds a lot of people of bosses they've worked for. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-ve-got-an-odd-negative-bond-with-c-montgomery-burns-he-reminds-a/)

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[Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boss/)

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> [I always used to sit next to Mel Blanc when we'd do the shows. When you have Jack Benny on one side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-always-used-to-sit-next-to-mel-blanc-when-we-d-do-the-shows-when/)

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> [When Nixon died, on my radio show I started doing sketches with three basic conceits: One, there's a place called Heaven. Two,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/when-nixon-died-on-my-radio-show-i-started-doing-sketches-with-three/)

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[Conceit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conceit/)

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> [In the year and a half I was on SNL, I never saw anybody ad lib anything. For a very good reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/in-the-year-and-a-half-i-was-on-snl-i-never-saw-anybody-ad-lib/)

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> [People don't play music in New Orleans for the reasons they do in Nashville or L.A. - to become stars or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/people-don-t-play-music-in-new-orleans-for-the-reasons-they-do-in/)

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[Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/)

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> [Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/well-washington-dc-what-are-you-going-to-do-they-think-the-capitol/)

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> [Bush is a frat boy in the White House but we've had that before. But I wasn't one of those people that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/bush-is-a-frat-boy-in-the-white-house-but-we-ve-had-that-before-but-i/)

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> [ \[The word class has\] been excised from the acceptable political vocabulary, except in the limited usage of right-wingers when they accuse liberals… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/the-word-class-has-been-excised-from-the-acceptable-political/)

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> [Perhaps not unusually for a popular film produced over three decades ago, there have been a dizzying parade of corporate characters trading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/perhaps-not-unusually-for-a-popular-film-produced-over-three-decades/)

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> [ I happened upon a memoir by a midlevel White House staffer, and he had been in the room that \[Nixon's last\] night… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-happened-upon-a-memoir-by-a-midlevel-white-house-staffer-and-he-had/)

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> [I would come back to public school for usually about half the year. It was actually better for me to be out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-would-come-back-to-public-school-for-usually-about-half-the-year-it/)

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> [Nobody makes a movie thinking it's still going to be watched and talked about and quoted 20 years later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/nobody-makes-a-movie-thinking-it-s-still-going-to-be-watched-and/)

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[Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/)

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> [The Simpsons will end as soon as Fox is able to find an 8 p.m. comedy hit to replace it - so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/the-simpsons-will-end-as-soon-as-fox-is-able-to-find-an-8-p-m-comedy/)

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> [You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/you-re-not-just-looking-for-laughs-but-you-re-trying-to-do-the/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [I went to graduate school at Harvard for one year I worked in the state legislature in Sacramento for one year. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-went-to-graduate-school-at-harvard-for-one-year-i-worked-in-the/)

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[Graduate school](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/graduate-school/)

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> [I wasn't playing Nixon's satirical stick figure. I was playing Nixon the man. As an actor, I felt I had to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-wasn-t-playing-nixon-s-satirical-stick-figure-i-was-playing-nixon/)

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[Actors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/)

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> [When I did that first movie, it was the introduction to all the set-up time and the waiting time that's endemic in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/when-i-did-that-first-movie-it-was-the-introduction-to-all-the-set-up/)

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[Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/)

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> [I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-didn-t-have-a-lot-of-independent-film-connections-it-really-took/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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> [I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-am-one-of-those-people-who-thrive-on-deadlines-nothing-brings-on/)

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> [If you're going to do something that lasts 90 minutes, you can't really do it with stick figures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/if-you-re-going-to-do-something-that-lasts-90-minutes-you-can-t/)

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> [You can get an awful lot of effects into the customer's mind for a great deal less time and money in radio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/you-can-get-an-awful-lot-of-effects-into-the-customer-s-mind-for-a/)

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> [The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/the-last-president-we-had-was-the-smartest-guy-anyone-could-remember/)

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> [The right-wingness of Fox is basically the news channel. I don't think the broadcast network has any politics at all. It's sub-political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/the-right-wingness-of-fox-is-basically-the-news-channel-i-don-t-think/)

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> [The first thing you've got to do is know your craft, and then you can do something else with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/the-first-thing-you-ve-got-to-do-is-know-your-craft-and-then-you-can/)

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> [Sometimes, songs spill out of you very fast, and sometimes you have to wrangle them to the floor. But the same thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/sometimes-songs-spill-out-of-you-very-fast-and-sometimes-you-have-to/)

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[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

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> [A movie script more than anything else is a plan of action for the crew. Everybody in the crew looks at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/a-movie-script-more-than-anything-else-is-a-plan-of-action-for-the/)

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[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [When I was growing up, we learned our history almost as lives of the saints. And it came as a shock, "Oh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/when-i-was-growing-up-we-learned-our-history-almost-as-lives-of-the/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [Anybody who says that having the public recognize them and relate to the work they do is irritating should get into another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/anybody-who-says-that-having-the-public-recognize-them-and-relate-to/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [You know, radio was a really easy way to do the shows. You'd come in, do a read-through, there'd be a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/you-know-radio-was-a-really-easy-way-to-do-the-shows-you-d-come-in-do/)

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> [I'm not sure that there's anybody else that's as psychologically complex and who's given us this window into his soul that Nixon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-m-not-sure-that-there-s-anybody-else-that-s-as-psychologically/)

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> [To me, the funniest American of the Twentieth Century is Richard Nixon because he had the most to hide, and he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/to-me-the-funniest-american-of-the-twentieth-century-is-richard-nixon/)

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> [I never wanted to do a regular sitcom, because I'd be incredibly bored doing the same character week in, week out. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-never-wanted-to-do-a-regular-sitcom-because-i-d-be-incredibly-bored/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [I couldn't help but be struck that this guy I had thought was the embodiment of everything wrong with American politics, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-couldn-t-help-but-be-struck-that-this-guy-i-had-thought-was-the/)

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> ['Spinal Tap' began as a mock rock band that we four - Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and myself - developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/spinal-tap-began-as-a-mock-rock-band-that-we-four-rob-reiner/)

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## Harry Shearer by topic

[People (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/harry-shearer/)

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