Chevy Chase Quotes

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

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• 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

• 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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  Tags in Real, Trying, Wanted

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

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  Tags in Better, Sure

• 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

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

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  Tags in Anyone, Run

• All my children inherited perfect pitch.

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  Topics in Children

  Tags in Perfect, Pitch

• A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

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  Topics in Humor

  Tags in Always, Surprise

• Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.

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  Tags in Great, Make

• 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

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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