Awkward Quote by Harry Shearer

“Here's a guy [Richard Nixon] who had no gift for small talk, never liked to be around strangers, was physically awkward, and he goes into the one business that calls for ease with strangers and a gift for small talk.”

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Music often happens even faster than comedy in terms of the creation.

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There were really funny characteristics about this guy [Richard Nixon], chief of which would be that he seemed to devote about 85 percent of…

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We're very pleased to be on a show which is known and loved around the world.

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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…

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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 is true…

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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 of school…

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I always thought, as a kid, if you - and the reason that I sort of stayed away from doing one character on a…

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I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.

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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 lot of…

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You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.

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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 the beauty…

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I was never into candy and games and clowns.

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