Fred Allen

Comedian

United States

1894 - 1956

26 quotes

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Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.
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Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.
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California is a great place to live if you're an orange.
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California is a fine place to live - if you happen to be an orange.
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You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.
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The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed.
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I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.
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I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.
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An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.
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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
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