I can have a real long day; I can have a 14-hour day of intense work and then get home, and it's just me and TCM on into the night. Michael McKean More Quotes by Michael McKean More Quotes From Michael McKean It's such a fine line between stupid and clever. Michael McKean spinal-tap stupid clever Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities. Michael McKean banality benign kind Jazz, isn't that just a series of mistakes diguised as musical composition? Michael McKean rock-n-roll musical mistake Those people that you know for a long time and that you love, they're the easiest to talk to. Michael McKean long-time long people When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again. Michael McKean figure-skating figures way Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that. Michael McKean self people world Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear! Michael McKean sight song fun As an actor, you have to be able to take all sides as well. You have to at least be able to understand things. No bad guy looks in the mirror every morning and says, boy, I'm gonna be a real bad guy this morning. He goes after his own what he's after, just like us good guys. You kind of have to take a stand and, a lot of times, you have to take the writer's stand or the stand of the character this writer has created. Michael McKean real morning character I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody. Michael McKean credit over-you writing I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style. Michael McKean style sound thinking That's a job that it makes a few friendships, but it probably breaks more. Michael McKean break jobs There are people in the world who won't watch a movie that's in black and white. There's got to be a special place in hell for them. Michael McKean black-and-white special people The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true. Michael McKean song two thinking I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help. Michael McKean rope robins thinking I never regret anything and I don't believe in regret. I think it's just a big time-waster. Michael McKean regret believe thinking I think a band that doesn't have a sense of humor can come up with their own take on whimsy.Kind of lead-footed and ham-handed, but I think just all the better for that. Michael McKean whimsy band thinking I'm not a big oyster eater. But I know people who will sit at a raw bar and eat oyster for two hours. Michael McKean eat will know people I watch my wife knitting, and it's like watching close-up magic to me. Michael McKean watching me magic wife Some of the most interesting characters in literature and in movies and TV have been ones that you can't quite figure out all the way. Michael McKean movies you literature way My wife makes an amazing chili. Michael McKean makes amazing chili wife
