Michael McKean Quotes

• It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

  Michael McKean

  Clever, Stupid, Spinal Tap

  "This Is Spinal Tap". www.imdb.com. 1984.

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• 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, People, Special

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• 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

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• Jazz, isn't that just a series of mistakes diguised as musical composition?

  Michael McKean

  Mistake, Musical, Rock N Roll

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• Those people that you know for a long time and that you love, they're the easiest to talk to.

  Michael McKean

  Long, People, Long Time

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.

  Michael McKean

  Self, People, World

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• 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

  Song, Fun, Sight

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• Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities.

  Michael McKean

  Kind, Banality, Benign

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• 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

  Morning, Real, Character

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• 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

  Thinking, Robins, Rope

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• I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.

  Michael McKean

  Thinking, Style, Sound

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. September 23, 2005.

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• When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again.

  Michael McKean

  Way, Figure Skating, Figures

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• 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, Thinking, Two

  interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. September 23, 2005.

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• I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody.

  Michael McKean

  Writing, Over You, Credit

  Interview With Ken P., www.ign.com. September 23, 2003.

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• 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

  Thinking, Whimsy, Band

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• That's a job that it makes a few friendships, but it probably breaks more.

  Michael McKean

  Jobs, Break

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. September 23, 2003.

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