--- title: "Best Harry Shearer Sayings" description: "Harry Julius Shearer is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his care..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-harry-shearer-40740.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-harry-shearer-40740.jpg) # Harry Shearer (1943) Actor United States **89** quotes in **511** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 3 > [Nixon's genius was that he was able to portray himself as the toughest of the anti-communists, and yet run on a platform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/nixon-s-genius-was-that-he-was-able-to-portray-himself-as-the/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/harry-shearer-7595_able_nixon-s-genius-was-that-he-was-able-to-p_567366.jpg) > [I'm lucky that I can walk down the street, and maybe one person will recognise me from 'The Simpsons,' and another person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-m-lucky-that-i-can-walk-down-the-street-and-maybe-one-person-will/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Lucky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lucky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/harry-shearer-7595_lucky_i-m-lucky-that-i-can-walk-down-the-stree_3112560.jpg) > [I believe London is the city New York wants to be when it grows up. I love the wealth of cultural resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-believe-london-is-the-city-new-york-wants-to-be-when-it-grows-up-i/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/harry-shearer-7595_believe_i-believe-london-is-the-city-new-york-wa_1167267.jpg) > [ I just think everyone knows you go on those \[political satire\] shows if you're a politician to, "humanize yourself" - to show,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-just-think-everyone-knows-you-go-on-those-political-satire-shows-if/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/harry-shearer-7595_goes-on_i-just-think-everyone-knows-you-go-on-th_1397845.jpg) > ['Leave It To Beaver' is a fairly famous show in America, but I don't think it travelled. It was one of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/leave-it-to-beaver-is-a-fairly-famous-show-in-america-but-i-don-t/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/harry-shearer-7595_beaver_leave-it-to-beaver-is-a-fairly-famous-sh_3094451.jpg) > [ Here's a guy \[Richard Nixon\] who had no gift for small talk, never liked to be around strangers, was physically awkward, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/here-s-a-guy-richard-nixon-who-had-no-gift-for-small-talk-never-liked/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/harry-shearer-7595_awkward_here-s-a-guy-richard-nixon-who-had-no-gi_1255474.jpg) > [I've been doing Nixon pretty much my whole professional life. I was in this comedy group called the Credibility Gap in Los…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-ve-been-doing-nixon-pretty-much-my-whole-professional-life-i-was-in/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/harry-shearer-7595_comedy_i-ve-been-doing-nixon-pretty-much-my-who_1555129.jpg) > [I always thought, as a kid, if you - and the reason that I sort of stayed away from doing one character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/i-always-thought-as-a-kid-if-you-and-the-reason-that-i-sort-of-stayed/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/harry-shearer-7595_always_i-always-thought-as-a-kid-if-you-and-the_192492.jpg) > [Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/democrats-always-like-to-brag-that-their-guys-are-smarter-than-the/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/harry-shearer-7595_bananas_democrats-always-like-to-brag-that-their_2355987.jpg) ## Harry Shearer by topic [People (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/harry-shearer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/#itemlist", "name": "Harry Shearer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nixon's genius was that he was able to portray himself as the toughest of the anti-communists, and yet run on a platform that he had a plan to end the Vietnam War. 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