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"We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama."

"I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it."

"If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down."

"At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!"

"When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he's just really cool."

"Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger."

"Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There's more risk-taking."
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"You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts."

"The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching."

"They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase."

"I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies."

"Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand."

"A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me."

"Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money."

"I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now."
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