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Harry Shearer quotes: That was Embassy Pictures, they went bankrupt shortly after This is Spinal Tap came out.

That was Embassy Pictures, they went bankrupt shortly after This is Spinal Tap came out.

Harry Shearer quotes: We're very pleased to be on a show which is known and loved around the world.

We're very pleased to be on a show which is known and loved around the world.

Harry Shearer quotes: The hardest work most of us do is maintaining the appearance of normality.

The hardest work most of us do is maintaining the appearance of normality.

Harry Shearer quotes: You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.

You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.

Harry Shearer quotes: The theater business is very much about "Hey, if you want our big blockbuster at Christmas time, you'll play our piece of crap in April."

The theater business is very much about "Hey, if you want our big blockbuster at Christmas time, you'll play our piece of crap in April."

Harry Shearer quotes: You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.

You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.

Harry Shearer quotes: For a guy who is always banging on about the masculine virtues, Nixon had this remarkable proclivity for very dainty gestures.

For a guy who is always banging on about the masculine virtues, Nixon had this remarkable proclivity for very dainty gestures.

Harry Shearer quotes: If you're going to do something that lasts 90 minutes, you can't really do it with stick figures.

If you're going to do something that lasts 90 minutes, you can't really do it with stick figures.

Harry Shearer quotes: Well I directed a few feature length things for HBO in the late eighties.

Well I directed a few feature length things for HBO in the late eighties.

Harry Shearer quotes: You can get an awful lot of effects into the customer's mind for a great deal less time and money in radio than you can in television.

You can get an awful lot of effects into the customer's mind for a great deal less time and money in radio than you can in television.

Harry Shearer quotes: Privilege has its own way of seeing the world.

Privilege has its own way of seeing the world.

Harry Shearer quotes: The Simpsons will end as soon as Fox is able to find an 8 p.m. comedy hit to replace it - so I give us another 50 years.

The Simpsons will end as soon as Fox is able to find an 8 p.m. comedy hit to replace it - so I give us another 50 years.

Harry Shearer quotes: To do then now would be retro. To do then then was very now-tro, if you will.

To do then now would be retro. To do then then was very now-tro, if you will.

Harry Shearer quotes: Nobody makes a movie thinking it's still going to be watched and talked about and quoted 20 years later.

Nobody makes a movie thinking it's still going to be watched and talked about and quoted 20 years later.

Harry Shearer quotes: Music often happens even faster than comedy in terms of the creation.

Music often happens even faster than comedy in terms of the creation.

Harry Shearer quotes: If Nixon were a Republican senator today, he would have been primaried out.

If Nixon were a Republican senator today, he would have been primaried out.

Harry Shearer quotes: I'd always loved radio.

I'd always loved radio.

Harry Shearer quotes: [C. Montgomery] Burns is much purer evil than Nixon was. I think it's the purity of his evil that attracts me as a comic character.

[C. Montgomery] Burns is much purer evil than Nixon was. I think it's the purity of his evil that attracts me as a comic character.

Harry Shearer quotes: If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

If absolute power corrupts absolutely,
does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

Harry Shearer quotes: I think the British learn their history through the prism of this gallery of grotesques known as the royals.

I think the British learn their history through the prism of this gallery of grotesques known as the royals.

Harry Shearer quotes: The first thing you've got to do is know your craft, and then you can do something else with it.

The first thing you've got to do is know your craft, and then you can do something else with it.

Harry Shearer quotes: I was a Political Science major.

I was a Political Science major.

Harry Shearer quotes: I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.

I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.

Harry Shearer quotes: I was never into candy and games and clowns.

I was never into candy and games and clowns.

Harry Shearer quotes: I have a very strong visual memory of the first time I made him laugh. That was remarkable. I was like, "Oh, God, I just made Jack Benny laugh."

I have a very strong visual memory of the first time I made him laugh. That was remarkable. I was like, "Oh, God, I just made Jack Benny laugh."