Top 53 Quotes & Sayings by Catherine O'Hara
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
My crutch was, in improvs, when in doubt, play insane, because you didn't have to excuse anything that came out of your mouth. It didn't have to make sense.
As a teenager, I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' and 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,' and I lived to watch 'Monty Python.'
I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?
From November through December, 'tis the season for 'Home Alone!'
I think the best dramatic actors know how to tap into their character's humor.
The year I married my American husband, I won the lottery - and I tried to give it to somebody else, because I was already approved - not the money lottery, the immigration lottery.
I'm pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart and I believe in family. I also have a basic belief that God takes care of me. I believe in prayer, even though I'm not that religious. I just have that foundation from my family. I mean when you think that you're just a human being and one of God's creatures, you can't take anything that seriously.
I'm drawn to playing characters who are terribly flawed and have no idea about it.
Comedy has changed with the times, thank God - slowly, oh my lord, slowly - but it has.
It's scary when you look at how kids age, because you think, 'Am I aging at that rate, too?'
I just like to work and get paid.
I guess the more women are present and out there in life, the more their stories will be told. I don't know. Their stories have always been told on Lifetime.
I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles.
I'd love to work with Michael Keaton, Steve Martin, and Bryan Cranston again.
I love 'Beetlejuice' - that's where I met my husband! He designed the sets, so I have nothing but fond memories of that movie.
I think everyone is born with humor, but your life can beat it out of you, sadly, or you can be lucky enough to grow up in it.
You've got muscles and you use them everywhere else in your body when you want it. Why not your face?
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are so cool together.
When you're writing, you're putting thought into what you want to express, and then you come up with it - it comes to you. When you're improvising, it's the same thing. You're writing. You just say it out loud right then, instead of saying, 'You think this might work?'
I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.
I've met people whose accents have nothing to do with where they were born or raised - they want to reinvent themselves.
I mean, I knew I wanted to do this kind of thing in school, but to actually have somebody that would bring you into that world, that was really exciting, you know?
Night time really is the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone is asleep.
Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.
If you have a great script and great dialogue, you don't need to improvise.
I lived in L.A. for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.
I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.
I think one of the sexiest things a couple can share is laughing.
To this day, I've found that it doesn't matter what a guy looks like if he's really funny. His sense of humor makes him attractive. On the other hand, you don't hear men saying, 'No she's not pretty, but is she ever funny!'
Insecurity is such a waste of time.
There are more and more women writing. And there are more and more good male writers who are writing and who learned and decided it's worth writing for women.
If Chance the Rapper was on tour in L.A., I would try and play with him. I love him.
I met Gilda Radner, God bless her, when I was in grade 13, which doesn't exist anymore. The high school I went to went from 9 to 13.
When I've traveled to London and Ireland, people don't seem to take themselves so seriously, and it's not just having a sense of humor about what's around you but having a sense of humor about yourself, and that's the healthiest sense of humor.
I wouldn't mind spending a little more time and effort and money on good skin care. And I'm sure they'll come out with, as they are doing, with more and more treatments that are noninvasive and healthy ways to keep your face looking as good as it can.
Everybody in my family's funny. Being funny was highly encouraged in our family, I think.
When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart.
Im afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles.
I think everyone is born funny. Sadly, some lives beat it out of them. I don't know what allows someone to keep being funny and actually make a career of it.
The people who present themselves as normal and nice and good are often the scariest monsters in the world.
This is Christmas – the season of perpetual hope.
The United States is one of the only holdouts, not changing to metric.
When you do something that people watch and enjoy as children, that's great because it stays with you, throughout your life. The things you loved as a child stay with you, and so do the people who were in those things.
These are mad times, but there have been a lot of mad times in the world.
There's nothing like having a history with someone, when you're in a foreign land.
People who are considered scary or odd or even monsters are so often the people that just need love and someone to care for them.
It's easier to make fun of things that people can help doing.
I'm afraid to laugh out loud, because there's so much information.
It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy.
I lived in LA for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.
You allow people to represent themselves, and they'll either look smart or foolish on their own; you don't have to do much for them.
Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep.
I only want to write. I don't care about directing really. I've tried it and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.
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