Chris Elliott Professions : ActorBorn : May 31, 1960 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Chris Elliott People think that all cameramen do is point the camera at things, but it's a heck of a lot more complicated than that. Chris Elliott cameraspeoplethinking Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more. Chris Elliott acceptedwantedtelevision I was the class clown, but I was a reluctant class clown because I was always and still am somewhat embarrassed by performing. I have terrible stage fright, and I don't like being in front of people. Chris Elliott clownclasspeople I haven't really auditioned much in my career. I've been lucky in terms of the feature work; it's mostly been people that have been fans of mine that have called and said "We have this part, do you want to do it?" That kind of thing. And that's sort of still the way it is right now - I don't really go after features too much. Chris Elliott luckykindpeople But I don't think I was ever destined to be a big star. Chris Elliott think-bigstarsthinking I'm not a competitive person. Chris Elliott competitive-personpersons I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately. Chris Elliott wantedideasthinking That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now? Chris Elliott threemorningboys I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy. Chris Elliott rolesguyfaces Probably the most fun I've ever had, actually, acting. Because it was the perfect extension of the stuff that I'd started to do on Late Night With David Letterman, and when I look back on all my work, it was probably the best possible incarnation of Chris Elliott, of me. Chris Elliott perfectfunnight I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night. Chris Elliott doingboatlatenight Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actorAll Authors
