59 Quotes by Eugene Levy

I've never shied away from a good fart joke,

You take more responsibility for the movie, and the movie kind of sits on your shoulders. I split that responsibility with Sam.

It was the end of his speech that they cut to. I said, 'We have to hear what it is that's important to him in his work and in his life,' ... So I got together with my dentist. He gave me some stuff to work with. When he puts a crown or cap or something, he just talks about, 'This is the best cap or crown design. This is it.'

It's improvisation, you're learning to think on your feet, you're learning to write, you're doing a different kind of character in every scene you're doing on the stage,

It's very easy to sit down and work on a script with Chris, ... We make each other laugh.

I'm in Christopher Guest's new film, 'For Your Consideration,' which starts shooting in October,

I like that there is no jeopardy when I work on a film with Chris, ... Castle Rock (Entertainment) just gives us around $8 million and we are left alone with no interference. I like the control of getting to do what is close to your sensibility.

I'm kind of a character actor, which lends itself more to supporting roles. Being front and center, you can't really duck down and hide behind somebody else's shoulder.

In the early days, it was like Second City , or National Lampoon , that kind of created Saturday Night Live , and it seems now, for the most part, there are stand-ups who are hired and brought into the show because they have the ability to come up with the one-liner.