Will Arnett famous quotes

I've always maintained that I don't think comedy should be reviewed. I think it's un-reviewable, because it is so subjective.
-- Will Arnett

#Thinking #Comedy #Should

That's kind of the nature of the profession I'm in. It's frustrating. Things don't go your way, and I was no exception, in that I spent many years struggling to get work, and there are a lot of people more talented than myself who got jobs before me. And I finally, after years and years and years, got lucky.
-- Will Arnett

#Jobs #Struggle #Years

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of success with that.
-- Will Arnett

#Roles #Dramatic #Wanted

When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And it's so laughable, especially with actors.
-- Will Arnett

#Thinking #People #Actors

Because we have this whole other human being we have to think about other than ourselves. We had the luxury before of being totally self-centered.
-- Will Arnett

#Thinking #Self #Luxury

You've got to rely on people that you trust and you love.
-- Will Arnett

#People #Rely

Even if you make a mistake, you can go back and do the right thing.
-- Will Arnett

#Mistake #Right Thing

Everybody has some good in them and they can be relied on.
-- Will Arnett

Theres a lot of lying and these are people who are incredibly flawed, and not in very sort of empathetic ways, either. Some of the things they do are pretty awful and some of the things they do to each other are pretty awful.
-- Will Arnett

#Lying #People #Awful

Arrested Development was such an amazing experience in every way, and you know it was very unique in that it was a show that received a lot of critical acclaim, and yet we didn't ever achieve the ratings that we wanted.
-- Will Arnett

#Unique #Development #Way

Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me, and once I sort of became, I guess what you'd say "available," there was a lot of opportunity out there, and it's been nice; a lot of people have found it in their hearts to offer me movie parts.
-- Will Arnett

#Nice #Heart #Opportunity

My first movie was this independent that I did on the Erie Canal in 1995, called Erie, that I don't know if you could even get, actually with Felicity Huffman. And then from that I did this film that was eventually called The Broken Giant later that fall. And then I kind of started getting into doing pilots.
-- Will Arnett

#Fall #Independent #Broken

Because I think a lot of people felt like, ultimately - and this isn't the first time I've said this, so I'll bore you again with it - but ultimately it was... I think it felt like homework a bit for people.
-- Will Arnett

#Thinking #People #Firsts

But as a result of that, there was, once the show ended, there was this talk for sort of four, five months about what was going to happen, and if we were going to move to Showtime, and if we were going to be bought by ABC or whatever.
-- Will Arnett

#Moving #Four #Months

I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order.
-- Will Arnett

#Mean #Order #Victory

The show had run its course on the Fox network.
-- Will Arnett

#Running #Foxes #Shows

Well, no, I didn't because I didn't even know the nominations were coming out. I gotta say, it wasn't even on my radar. I hadn't... I hadn't even thought about it.
-- Will Arnett

#Nominations #Coming Out #Wells

Well, we were never coming back to Fox... that was clear.
-- Will Arnett

#Foxes #Coming Back #Wells

When it sort of finally sets in that you're not going to be doing that anymore... it's disappointing.
-- Will Arnett

#Disappointing

Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.
-- Will Arnett

#Character #Tvs #Yeah

And then we've got Blades of Glory, and we've got Brothers Solomon, and I've got a script in development with this guy Chuck Martin who used to write on Arrested, and, you know, we have a few things in various stages of development.
-- Will Arnett

#Brother #Writing #Guy

(on Blades of Glory) Playing the ***** in the movie is fun.
-- Will Arnett

#Fun #Glory #Blades

I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day.
-- Will Arnett

#Fathers Day #Son #Want

You don't always have to run. Take good time to watch first, then decide.
-- Will Arnett

#Running #Decision #Firsts

This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on.
-- Will Arnett

#Pilots #Comeback #Insult

It doesn't look great if you cancel the reigning Best Comedy Program, you know, you're gonna take a hit from a... from sort of a public relations standpoint.
-- Will Arnett

#Looks #Comedy #Program

Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me.
-- Will Arnett

#Doors #Development

Yeah, I don't think you can live anywhere else -- it's such a great city [New York]. L.A. is kind of a necessary evil, but man, I love going back to New York.
-- Will Arnett

#New York #Men #Thinking

(On his Emmy nomination) I am humbled by the nomination. I got to work with a cast and writers made up of geniuses. The good news is I can finally realize my life long dream and buy my wife a solid gold speed boat.
-- Will Arnett

#Dream #Wife #Long

When all of your friends are getting pregnant, you start thinking about it. But for Amy and I, show business is our baby.
-- Will Arnett

#Baby #Thinking #Amy

I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day. If it was socially acceptable I'd be the first one to have my kid in a full helmet and like a cage across his face mask.
-- Will Arnett

#Fathers Day #Kids #Son