Chevy Chase famous quotes

I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.
-- Chevy Chase

#Thinking #Giving #Advice

It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.
-- Chevy Chase

#Years

I am a clown, just without the painted smile.
-- Chevy Chase

#Smile #Clown

The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.
-- Chevy Chase

#Fall #Land #Giving

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.
-- Chevy Chase

#Thinking #Made

Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish
-- Chevy Chase

#Funny #Witty #Humorous

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

#Laughing #Athletic #Surprise

A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.
-- Chevy Chase

#Flutes #Holes #Danish

What makes a home home? Animals, and a little bit of clutter.
-- Chevy Chase

#Home #Animal #Littles

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

#Stars #Reality #Media

Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma.
-- Chevy Chase

#Silence #Information #Steps

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

#Attitude #School #Class

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

#Smart #Thinking #Intelligent

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.
-- Chevy Chase

#Hands #Kind #Shakes

Fame is a very unnatural human condition. When you stop to realize that Abraham Lincoln was probably never seen by more than 400 people in a single evening, and that I can enter over 40 million homes in a single evening due to the power of television, you have to admit the situation is not normal.
-- Chevy Chase

#Home #People #Evening

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

#Running #Want #Default

I learned a lot about handling fans from established stars.
-- Chevy Chase

#Stars #Fans

You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.
-- Chevy Chase

#May #Facts #Checks

Most of the films I've done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.
-- Chevy Chase

#Done #Film #Ruined

I don't know if my looks will ever get any better, but my pratfalls sure won't.
-- Chevy Chase

#Looks

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.
-- Chevy Chase

#Daughter #Mother #Real

I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film.
-- Chevy Chase

#Film #Chaplin #Charlie

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

#White #House #Want

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.
-- Chevy Chase

#Fog #White #People

My father was the funniest guy I ever met. I'm not sure if I stole his stuff or if I inherited it.
-- Chevy Chase

#Father #Guy #Stuff

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.
-- Chevy Chase

#Family #Kids #Kissing

The best comedy I ever did was when people didn't know who I was.
-- Chevy Chase

#People #Comedy #Best Comedy

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

#Ideas #Gathering #Crowds

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

#Hands #People #Lasts

With Clinton, there's no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he's also a good friend.
-- Chevy Chase

#Fun #Lying #Good Friend

All my children inherited perfect pitch.
-- Chevy Chase

#Children #Perfect #My Children

I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.
-- Chevy Chase

#Laughing #Mind #Actors

How much do I owe you?
-- Chevy Chase

#Money