Leslie Nielsen
Born: February 11, 1926, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
The AIRPLANE movies are great; the NAKED GUN movies are great; and the television series "POLICE SQUAD" was great and, therefore, short-lived.
"Surely you can't be serious!"
"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley!"
On the character,
FRANK DREBIN (left):
"I realized that I was as dumb and stupid as that guy I was playing, and it was a great feeling."
"Well, I'm sure we can resolve this in a mature way. Right, Mr. Poopypants?"
"Get that finger out of your ear! You don't know where that finger's been!"
"Who are you and how did you get in here?"
"I'm a locksmith. And I'm a locksmith."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!"
POSTSCRIPT
"The most protean aspect of comedy is its potentiality for transcending itself,
for responding to the conditions of tragedy by laughing in the darkness."
HARRY LEVIN
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