You know it’s very difficult to be an actor, and to have people depending on you to say the right line, at the right time, and to not be able to hear your cues! I can’t tell you how many times I would’ve had to have said What? if I didn’t have my hearing aids. So my hearing aids are a life saver, and they allow me to practice my craft. Leslie Nielsen Read Quote
I’ve always been part of comedy. One of the things about our family was that if we were reasonably funny with each other, particularly my two brothers and myself, when my father was upset with something you’d want to make sure in some way you made him laugh. Because when he didn’t laugh, you were in trouble! Leslie Nielsen Read Quote
I like that kind of ‘straight-faced’ comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous. Leslie Nielsen Read Quote
Yes, it’s true, I’ve been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare. Leslie Nielsen Read Quote
There’s an old saying that God exists in your search for him. I just want you to understand that I ain’t looking. Leslie Nielsen Read Quote
The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you’re doing one thing. That is, you’re going to make the audience laugh. Leslie Nielsen Read Quote
The reason there’s a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address. Leslie Nielsen Read Quote
The reason they call it ‘golf’ is that all the other 4 letter words were used up. Leslie Nielsen Read Quote