Chris Farley

Comedian

1964-02-15 – 1997-12-18

Chris Farley was an American comedian and actor known for his work on Saturday Night Live and films such as Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. His high-energy performance style made him one of the most recognizable comic actors of the 1990s.

Quotes by Chris Farley

I was glad to be sober, but after ninety days, people weren't patting me on the back anymore, sayin', 'Good job on the sobriety! Go get 'em!'
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I seem to get motivated a few months at a time, and then something stressful breaks the routine, and I just fold.
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I don't know what the future holds. All I know is, I'm good today. Real good.
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I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. I'd work... on a treadmill and with the weights, but it was driving me nuts. So I escaped. Tom Arnold picked me up and we went to Le Dome and had tons of desserts.
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Everyone is treating it like a Hollywood story. In Madison, it's a neighborhood story.
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Basically, I only play one character; I just play him at different volumes.
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The great comics can fall on their faces, but then they can say, 'Oh, baby, you're the greatest.' They show their heart and their vulnerability.
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I remember one time when all the nuns in my Catholic grade school got around in a semicircle, me and Mom in the middle, and they said, 'Mrs. Farley, the children at school are laughing at Christopher, not with him.' I thought, 'Who cares? As long as they're laughing.'
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