Jamie Farr Quotes

• The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit.

  Jamie Farr

  Years, I Realized, Thirds

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• 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

  Stupid, Names, Actors

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• 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

  Dream, Cities, Towns

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• You know, what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars...

  Jamie Farr

  Beautiful, Nice, Cities

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• 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

  Beautiful, Years, Vancouver

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• I think Canadian talent is exceptional. You continually show us up here in the States with your brilliancy.

  Jamie Farr

  Thinking, Talent, States

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• 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

  Television, World, Littles

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• I go back there and all my friends are there when I have my golf tournament. They treat me the same way they did when I was growing up.

  Jamie Farr

  Growing Up, Golf, Way

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• 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

  Captains, Ships, Courses

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• When I did a Love Boat, it would go to so many different countries, and I would travel there and get this incredible response!

  Jamie Farr

  Country, Different, Boat

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• 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

  Names, People, Goes On

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• The entire behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live are all Canadian.

  Jamie Farr

  Night, Behind The Scenes, Saturday

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• 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

  Character, Play, Ensemble

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• 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

  Book, People, Cleveland

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• If you do eight shows a week it's just too difficult to try to put everything that you can together.

  Jamie Farr

  Eight, Trying, Together

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• I was born in 1934 and I didn't make my first movie until 1954.

  Jamie Farr

  Firsts, Born

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• Children and even adults, when they like certain athletes, they can tell you about their batting average, about where they came from.

  Jamie Farr

  Children, Athlete, Average

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• I tried to make it a simple as possible for people so they could pronounce my name.

  Jamie Farr

  Simple, Names, People

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• I'd like to create a role on Broadway. That would really heighten my senses.

  Jamie Farr

  Roles, Broadway, Senses

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• I never met the second happiest man, or the first happiest man, so I can't judge where I fall into that category.

  Jamie Farr

  Fall, Men, Judging

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.

  Jamie Farr

  Thinking, Air, Trying

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.

  Jamie Farr

  Hollywood, Doe, Broadway

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do.

  Jamie Farr

  Over You, Pay, Shows

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

  Jamie Farr

  Air

  Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.

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• Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

  Jamie Farr

  Hockey, Player, Wonderful

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