Harry Shearer

I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#brings #deadlines #desperation #i #i am

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? ↗

— Harry Shearer

#absolute power #absolute power corrupts #absolutely #corrupts #does

I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#came #connections #could #digital #film

I was a Political Science major. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#major #political #political science #science

I went to graduate school at Harvard for one year I worked in the state legislature in Sacramento for one year. I taught school in Compton for two years. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#graduate school #harvard #i #legislature #sacramento

In the year and a half I was on SNL, I never saw anybody ad lib anything. For a very good reason - the director cut according to the script. So, if you ad libbed, you'd be off mike and off camera. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#ad #anybody #anything #camera #cut

That was Embassy Pictures, they went bankrupt shortly after This is Spinal Tap came out. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#bankrupt #came #embassy #out #pictures

The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#could #did #dumbest #ever #figure

We're very pleased to be on a show which is known and loved around the world. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#known #loved #pleased #show #very

Well I directed a few feature length things for HBO in the late eighties. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#eighties #feature #few #hbo #i