Fred Willard Quotes

"Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history."
-Fred Willard

"I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring."
-Fred Willard

"In several TV shows I've done, I'm trying to think of what - just say something here, we need something funnier here."
-Fred Willard

"Chris, listen to me, put down the gun and let the marching band go. We'll play it off as a prank."
-Fred Willard

"In this last movie, I gave it quite a lot of thought to my character, and I fell back on a lot of managers and agents that I've had, and my early New York days where comics would sit around a table doing jokes and the managers would have jokes, and so I based it on a lot of that."
-Fred Willard

"I have also always had a fascination with the St. Louis teams; the Cardinals for their Gashouse Gang and classic uniform logos, and of course the Browns for just being the Browns and for Pete Gray. You can also still stand on the site of the '44 World Series, although the parks department has seen fit to plant over the old diamond."
-Fred Willard

"I think Dabney Coleman is quite baseball-savvy. So is Christopher Guest."
-Fred Willard

"Someone I've always admired is Catherine O'Hara... I think she's one of the best actresses in the country, not only comedy. I just think she's just a step aside from everybody, she's just wonderful."
-Fred Willard