Before 'M*A*SH*,' people in the industry didn't know what to do with this guy with the big nose. Jamie Farr More Quotes by Jamie Farr More Quotes From Jamie Farr The face and the actor is great, but if you were to start out and you said, "my name is Humphrey" somebody would punch you out, because that's a stupid name to have. Jamie Farr actorsstupidnames You know, what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars... Jamie Farr nicecitiesbeautiful I think Canadian talent is exceptional. You continually show us up here in the States with your brilliancy. Jamie Farr talentstatesthinking Vancouver is a beautiful area, I don't care what time of the year you're there. Vancouver and Calgary. Great places in Canada. Jamie Farr vancouverbeautifulyears It makes you a better person to know where you came from, because whereever you go, there is somebody in some town, city, hamlet, whatever, that has the same dreams you have. Jamie Farr townscitiesdream The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit. Jamie Farr thirdsi-realizedyears It makes you famous, you get money from it, you go on and do the best you can, but it really is dreadful that people don't know your name. Jamie Farr namesgoes-onpeople I am not the captain of my ship. My ship is out there, but I don't have my course. You never know in this business. Jamie Farr shipscaptainscourses The entire behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live are all Canadian. Jamie Farr behind-the-scenessaturdaynight You realize, this is not just a little studio we go to make these television episodes. This thing is reaching everybody in the world! Suddenly you realize the power of television. Jamie Farr littlestelevisionworld I was born in 1934 and I didn't make my first movie until 1954. Jamie Farr bornfirsts I'd like to create a role on Broadway. That would really heighten my senses. Jamie Farr sensesbroadwayroles I tried to make it a simple as possible for people so they could pronounce my name. Jamie Farr simplenamespeople I've been out on the book tour going through Pittsburgh, St Louis and Cleveland, Dayton and Orlando, Raleigh-Durham. I sign many books for people. Jamie Farr clevelandbookpeople If you do eight shows a week it's just too difficult to try to put everything that you can together. Jamie Farr eighttogethertrying If you get a show named after you, and then play another character, that's fine. But if you do a show that's an ensemble show like... MASH, then you're in trouble. Jamie Farr ensembleplaycharacter I helped set The Gong Show. I've done so many game shows. I've helped create game shows. Jamie Farr gongsdonegames There's this Lebanese lady I dearly loved who raised 13 children in Toledo, and she retired in Phoenix. She said, I get up every morning and say, Thank you, God. I do the same thing now. Jamie Farr phoenixmorningchildren Children and even adults, when they like certain athletes, they can tell you about their batting average, about where they came from. Jamie Farr athleteaveragechildren They sometimes beat things into the ground. They don't know when to get out of a situation. They think it's going to be funny....the more you pound the nail into the ground the funnier it gets and that's not necessarily true. Jamie Farr nailspoundsthinking
