“Most Americans never work as hard as when they're trying to appear nor...” — Harry Shearer Quote

“Most Americans never work as hard as when they're trying to appear normal, and in New Orleans, we just don't bother with that.”

“The right-wingness of Fox is basically the news channel. I don't think the broadcast network has any politics at all. It's sub-political at best.”

“Anybody who says that having the public recognize them and relate to the work they do is irritating should get into another line of work. You're in this business for people to know what you do and like it.”

“Having a child is sowing the seeds of your own obsolescence: birth is the fuse that leads to that other thing. You appear, you replace yourself, you die.”

“All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.”

“If I were to appear in a programme like 'Sex and the City,' I'm sure I'd be cast as the downtrodden one staying at home and having seven children while the others jet-setted around the world.”