Quotes from Chevy Chase

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.

It wasn't as if I was simply some guy who had never seen the other side of the tracks.

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

It's not like I am working with the great innovators of all time, but at the same time, they are my friends.

What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.

Who made me laugh when I was growing was Chaplin and the Marx Brothers, and then moving on, there were so many that I was a writer for for many years: I was a writer for the Smothers Brothers, Lily Tomlin, then I started on 'Saturday Night Live' as the head writer the first year we started it.

I really love making movies. I just have this yearning in my stomach to go back and somehow subversively screw up television a little bit again.

Anything I have blown a lot of money on? Well, I have three daughters and a wife - that's four women, and I'm working on a sitcom, so you could say that I am just trying to stay alive!

The idea of trying to write sketches the same way we did on Saturday Night Live every day would be damn near impossible.

All those car battles with my brother Ned were excellent training. Even now, on the set, if we're getting into a vehicle, I'll yell 'shotgun' first. Thus forcing Steve Martin into the back of the car.

I'm a New Yorker, and I live in the country.

They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase.

The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching.

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

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

I turned down 'American Gigolo.' There are many films - like 'Ghostbusters' - that I turned down... The first one I did was 'Foul Play' with Goldie Hawn, but I turned down 'Animal House' - I turned that down.

It's incredible. Twenty-three minutes on the air, and I've got to shoot for twelve, fifteen hours a day. What the hell's that?

I've been too funny in my life to have to play a character who's... moderately funny.

I was a young, new, hot star, and I had this unbelievable arrogance. As time went on, the strident narcissism and arrogance slowly diminished. But I was definitely there. I'm older now. And a big crybaby.

Damn, I had some great moves. I still have them; I'm just not using them at home a lot.

I would love to do a movie with Albert Brooks; we're so different, but I find him so funny, and I can be just as seemingly narcissistic as he comes off, the 'it's all about me' kind of thing.

Be Funny. Be naturally funny. If you're not, get out of the business. Be compassionate.

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

I learned a lot about handling fans from established stars.