Some instinct has told me I need to live in a world that isn’t consumed with reading about myself or anyone else or someone’s opinion about something. I need to be clear of that. It’s just healthier for me. I feel happier. Christopher Guest Read Quote
Waiting For Guffman’ was different right away from ‘Spinal Tap,’ because we didn’t show the interviewer. That person became invisible immediately. That created a different way of tuning it and ultimately editing it. Christopher Guest Read Quote
What I’m doing in the work I do, I prefer not to just have a series of jokes. It’s nice when audiences can connect with the characters as well. Christopher Guest Read Quote
This is Spinal Tap’ was a film we felt really had to be done like that. It wouldn’t have worked any other way. And it turned out to be the first time a fiction film had really been made in a documentary format. I continued to do that, obviously, because it’s a fun way to work. Christopher Guest Read Quote
When I look back on what I’ve done, I think I’m drawn to obsession, perhaps. Christopher Guest Read Quote
I would overhear these conversations of people who show purebred dogs. They spoke about them as if they were their children. Christopher Guest Read Quote
If you don’t like the people, you’re just doing a sketch. Which, in most cases, is comedy minus some emotional backbone. Christopher Guest Read Quote
Nothing is cut while I’m shooting. I edit between nine months and a year, and usually have around 80 hours of footage I have to get down to an 82-minute movie. Christopher Guest Read Quote
I haven’t had to do anything outside of show business my whole life. I’ve never been a waiter. I’ve only worked and gotten paid. It hasn’t been a classic example of someone slogging through the business. Christopher Guest Read Quote
I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children’s theater. Christopher Guest Read Quote
