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Harry Shearer Quotes

«If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?»
«I told a different disgusting joke with the same setup and a different punch line, ... I'm hoping that's in the DVD.»
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)
«That's why the good Lord invented the Internet,»
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)
«When (Pryor) took the 'N' word and repeated it in so many contexts and made you laugh at it so much, by the end he had drained that word of its power to sting and hurt,»
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)
«If you can sit through The Aristocrats and laugh at it, you come out the other end realizing that to be made to laugh at it robs the telling of it of the power to shock and sting. It's why (word-abusing comic George) Carlin is in the movie. It's basically a lesson about words, how we can give power to words and take it back. Comedy lubricates that transaction sometimes.»
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)
«There are a couple of fairly interesting soundtrack situations that we can't yet announce, because we're still in negotiation. And beyond that, we'll start looking at other artists.»
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)
«high and dry. The French were no dummies. They knew where to build.»
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)
«It grew out of the fact that so many record executives had seen Judith, and had said, 'She's great, we know she's great, we love her, we don't know what to do with her,' »
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)
«[Spinal Tap] is going to do a Where Are They Now? ...»
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)
«You can never expect a movie to have a life that lasts this long, really.»
Author: Harry Shearer (Actor)

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