Words matter. These are the best Harry Anderson Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Is now the time to legalize prostitution?
We treated all of the dead with dignity.
I’ll give it a shot. But I don’t know that a year from now I’m going to be here. Nobody does.
Even a fool knows you can’t touch the stars, but it won’t keep the wise from trying.
But I’m very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.
The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.
Somebody saw me on ‘Cheers’ and thought that I was an actor playing a part as opposed to a guy just doing what he knew. And they gave me ‘Night Court.’ And by the time they realized I wasn’t an actor, I had already signed a five-year contract.
It’s an old Elizabethan idea. The fool is the only one who is allowed to make fun of the king because he is a fool. I can say whatever I want about anybody else because I’m just an idiot talking – I’m not insisting that I’m any smarter than anyone else. It’s satire.
There’s this perception sometimes around here that I’m this Hollywood guy.
I did rough hustling, what they call ‘playing against the wall.’ I just played myself with the players, so I would pay; I would make them shill. I would pay certain players and then take from others.
Chicago is a big town for magicians and card hustlers. So when I was very young, a fellow sat me down and taught me the Three-Card Monte. And that kind of put me in a – pointed me towards easy money.
I’ve always done magic as a hobby. I’ve done it professionally, too.
I created this character that I still have of a guy who is a little bit of a nincompoop – I’m poking fun at street hustlers. I didn’t quite make as much money as one would gambling, but it was a lot safer.
I don’t know how long anything is going to last, so I have to make sure I have something to do tomorrow.
I’m not Hollywood. I’m a Quarter Rat. I belong here.
In ‘Night Court,’ my name is still Harry, and I’m – my best friends are still three-card monte workers, and I still have spring snakes hidden everywhere and joy buzzers, but I’m the judge.
I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.
Everyone’s life would be improved if they do could one great magic trick. And tell one great joke, play one tune on the piano, and do one great origami fold.
There is no magic. There are only magicians.
