Chris Elliott quotes

“Probably the most fun I've ever had, actually, acting. Because it was the perfect extension of the stuff that I'd started to do on Late Night With David Letterman, and when I look back on all my work, it was probably the best possible incarnation of Chris Elliott, of me.”
-- Chris Elliott

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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“But I don't think I was ever destined to be a big star.”
-- Chris Elliott

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“I'm not a competitive person.”
-- Chris Elliott

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“Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.”
-- Chris Elliott

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“I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.”
-- Chris Elliott

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“That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?”
-- Chris Elliott

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“I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.”
-- Chris Elliott

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“I was the class clown, but I was a reluctant class clown because I was always and still am somewhat embarrassed by performing. I have terrible stage fright, and I don't like being in front of people.”
-- Chris Elliott

Source : "Chris Elliott's unusual career". The Washington Times Interview, www.washingtontimes.com. February 15, 2000.

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“I haven't really auditioned much in my career. I've been lucky in terms of the feature work; it's mostly been people that have been fans of mine that have called and said "We have this part, do you want to do it?" That kind of thing. And that's sort of still the way it is right now - I don't really go after features too much.”
-- Chris Elliott

Source : Source: film.avclub.com

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“The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2004). “Mollie and Other War Pieces”, p.121, U of Nebraska Press

“Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out.”

“Wouldn't you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It's a great thrill. It's an honor. It's a compliment. It's fun. I'm enjoying every minute of it!”

“My dad was so much fun growing up.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.”

“Last night I'd made love to a woman for the first and last time. It had been amazing and I had a memory that would shape the rest of my life.”

“Through the death of Christ on the cross making atonement for sin, we get a perfect standing before God. That is justification, and it puts us, in God's sight, back in Eden before sin entered. God looks upon us and treats us as if we had never sinned.”

“I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.”

“No human is perfect; we all have our hidden sins. Hypocrisy is to delude yourself into denying your own sins and allow arrogance to grow within you.”

“Islam is perfect, there is nothing to be added or changed.”

Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.