The fun part about doing our movies is that you're... -Christopher Guest

The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are thrust into these situations. That, to me, is completely artless.

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American actor, writer, and director, known for his mockumentary films like "This Is Spinal Tap" and "Best in Show."

Christopher Guest Quotes to Explore

Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised....
In the kind of films that I do, there is an extremely limited number of people that can improvise. The reason the ensemble continues in the movies is ...
My passion is more specific, in the sense that I've always liked doing comedy. I've always liked doing music. I like acting. And apparently, you need ...
The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way....
You can't improvise without a skeletal structure; you can't just go in and start talking. This is a very misunderstood craft because no one else makes...
The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are th...
I don't read anything about my movies before or after I do films, or any part of show business. I think that keeps me in a kind of place where I can d...
In real life, people fumble their words. They repeat themselves and stare blankly off into space and don't listen properly to what other people are sa...
I talk to people of different ages, and a guy who's 38 who says, 'I could've played Major League Baseball, but I had this knee injury...' Yeah, probab...
As an actor, I trust my ear....

Movies Quotes to Explore

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids....
Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised....
People in third-world countries are less eager to see movies full of angst over existential problems, and who can blame them. They've got other fish t...
During the '90s, a lot of us in the indie film world were not making our money off our movies. We were screenwriters doing scripts for hire for studio...
The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't think you could make movies exclusively where ...
In the kind of films that I do, there is an extremely limited number of people that can improvise. The reason the ensemble continues in the movies is ...
I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special eff...
I like superhero films, and I love Star Wars movies, but I want to make sure there's a wide diaspora of films getting made....
I'd loved 'Iron Man,' you know, with a passion. I thought that was the most fresh, cool thing, in terms of superhero movies, that I'd seen in a long t...
I loved all movies, literally. I certainly loved 'Shane' and 'Roxie Hart.' Later on, when I was less of a kid, I loved 'L'Avventura' and 'Persona' and...