Chevy Chase Quotes

• Television doesn’t make stars. It’s the written media, the press, that makes stars.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Makes, Television

• I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don’t mind being an actor so much now.

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  Topics in Business

  Tags in Mind, Actor

• Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Anyone, Run

• All my children inherited perfect pitch.

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  Topics in Children

  Tags in Perfect, Pitch

• Every Vacation movie didn’t just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money.

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  Topics in Money

  Tags in Vacation, Made

• Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my 3-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else.

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  Topics in Family

  Tags in Someone, Wrong

• I don’t know if my looks will ever get any better, but my pratfalls sure won’t.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Better, Sure

• I learned a lot about handling fans from established stars.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Learned, Fans

• I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn’t trying to get into movies.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Real, Trying, Wanted

• I think the Clintons are brilliant. I’ve never met a person as intelligent as Bill, and I think Hillary is right up there with him. They’re too smart for Washington.

  Chevy Chase

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Smart, Intelligent, Person

• I tell the person I won’t take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they’re really seeking.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Person, Kind

• I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

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  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Made, Good

• I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Single, Film

• I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.

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  Topics in Attitude

  Tags in School, Problem

• I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Chase

• If you’re in the White House, it’s your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.

  Chevy Chase

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Friend, House

• Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Feel

• It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Learn, Making

• Most of the films I’ve done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.

  Chevy Chase

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Done, Films

• It’s never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.

  Chevy Chase

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Pictures, Idea

Chevy Chase (30)

Birth:	8th October, 1943
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter

About

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase was born in New York City, New York. He is an American comedian, actor and screenwriter. Chase is well known for his portrayal of the character Clark Griswold in four National Lampoon's Vacation films, and for his roles in comedies including Foul Play, Caddyshack, Seems Like Old Times, Fletch, Spies Like Us, and ¡Three Amigos!. He has hosted the Academy Awards twice and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show. He wrote a one-page spoof on Mission: Impossible for Mad Magazine in 1970 and was a writer for the short-lived Smothers Brothers TV show comeback in the early 1970s. Nonetheless, he received two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his comedy writing and live comic acting.

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