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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.

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Leslie Nielsen
Age: 84 †
Born: 1926
Born: February 11
Died: 2010
Died: November 28
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Leslie William Nielsen
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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.
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I'm a professional actor. If I was a plumber, I wouldn't just do my plumbing in Beverly Hills bathrooms I'd like to install air conditioning units and a few other things.
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I've finally found my home - as Lt. Frank Drebin.
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Do your part to silence gossip - don't repeat it.
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The actual distance a bad golfer is going to hit the ball with any club obviously depends on many factors, not the least of which is whether the ball was actually hit at all.
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Doing nothing is very tough to do because you never know when you're finished. The upside is that from the moment you wake up in the morning, you're on the job.
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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.
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I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts perhaps it was my Canadian accent.
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Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished.
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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!
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The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address.
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Like a midget at a urinal I was going to have to stay on my toes.
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I had to weave and play around with a honey bear, you know, and I could wrestle with him a little bit, but there's no way you can even wrestle a honey bear, let alone a grizzly bear that's standing ten feet to eleven feet tall! Can you imagine? But it was fascinating to work that close to that kind of animal.
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I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important.
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The reason they call if 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up.
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I don't think anybody can really sit down and decide that their mission in life is to make people think. I think their mission in life is to leave people alone!
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One thing a person won't do when he's laughing is try to beat you up.
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I'm sure that we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. Isn't that right, Mr... Poopy Pants?
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I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous.
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