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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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'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 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 helped set The Gong Show. I've done so many game shows. I've helped create game shows.

  Jamie Farr

  Games, Done, Gongs

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• 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

  Thinking, Nails, Pounds

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

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• There were some times when we did the winter scenes in the summer, and I had to wear that silly fur coat. Oh, my Lord! I was perspiring!

  Jamie Farr

  Summer, Silly, Winter

  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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• Usually you'd do the summer scenes in the winter. So you're out there with a T-shirt and hope nobody sees your air that you're breathing out. We put ice cubes in our mouth to stop that from happening.

  Jamie Farr

  Summer, Winter, Air

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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 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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• 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 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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• 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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