118 Quotes by Christopher Guest

I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living.

I have a half Lab and half golden retriever named Henry and then the other one, Lucy, is half Akita and half something else.

We populate the stories with people who share certain traits. Invariably, someone will say, "I know that guy." Every world has odd people.

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.

It's not about one person. That's human behavior, and it's what I like to watch. I like to sit in the park and watch people.

We all know many people who have been through this reality, and how it changes them. This happens to be an area I know something about. It's a virus.

I painted sets before I ever performed.

You can't really dust for vomit.

I don't work with high-concept things that start with a premise, "Wouldn't it be funny if there was this spy who met a... " For me, it could be, "What about people who sell shoes? That must be a bizarre world... when they meet at conventions and talk about shoes.