I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.
- Jamie Farr
Hollywood, Performer, Refuse, Succumb
The benefits from stardom as Klinger outweigh any setbacks. It's a double-edged sword. What makes you famous is what interferes with getting other roles.
- Jamie Farr
Famous, Benefits, Other, Sword
Never stay with friends or relatives. You end up living on their schedules.
- Jamie Farr
Living, Never, Schedules, Relatives
It took me years to get out of the bargain basement. I always wanted to walk into a men's store and buy a cashmere sweater.
- Jamie Farr
Always, Basement, Took, Sweater
Some people came up with story lines where Colonel Potter moves in with Klinger, and we become a 1950s' odd couple. I said, 'Come on, let's do something significant.'
- Jamie Farr
Some, Come, Couple, Potter
You can't explain why people are friends and why those friendships last, but there certainly is magic in it. It's just something that you treasure.
- Jamie Farr
Magic, Explain, Certainly, Just Something
I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it.
- Jamie Farr
Comedy, Sketch, Always, Sketch Comedy
If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television.
- Jamie Farr
Comedy, Television, Want, Sketch Comedy
I was the first man to put on a dress and play it straight. That was something very fresh. Still is.
- Jamie Farr
Dress, Play, Straight, Fresh
I was thrilled as a kid to point out my sister as she danced and sang on the stage, and she was pretty good artistically. She was a great inspiration to me. She was the one who sort of led me into show business.
- Jamie Farr
Kid, Show, Led, Thrilled
It's amazing how people will treat you better when you're 'somebody.' The minute clerks in a store recognize me, they suddenly rush to take care of me. That irritates me.
- Jamie Farr
Treat, Will, Store, Irritates
Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.
- Jamie Farr
Hockey, Players, Performers, Send
I'm after the bucks because bucks give you the power, power gives you the freedom, and freedom lets you send money home to your mother.
- Jamie Farr
Give, Bucks, Lets, Send
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, Buy, Still, Same Things
All the plays I do are comedies. I love listening to people laugh. I couldn't do the dramas like 'All My Sons.'
- Jamie Farr
Love, Listening, Plays, Dramas
You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars.
- Jamie Farr
Beautiful, City, Cuban
The dresses I wore are in the Smithsonian now.
- Jamie Farr
Dresses, Now, Wore, Smithsonian
It's a difficult thing to overcome, but I've been quite fortunate. I haven't been out of work, literally, since 'M*A*S*H' went out of production.
- Jamie Farr
Work, Been, Production, Difficult Thing
I would like to do a nice comedy/drama feature with a good part, but nobody's asked me to do a film. Maybe it's because they don't know what to do with a guy in a dress.
- Jamie Farr
Dress, Like, Maybe, Feature
Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers.
- Jamie Farr
Other, Given, Shatner, Bill
I enjoy 'Murphy Brown,' but I am shocked that people really like 'Married... With Children.' These shows are toilet humor, and none of them have good characters.
- Jamie Farr
Enjoy, Like, Them, Toilet
The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit.
- Jamie Farr
Year, Hit, Mash, Third
Before 'M*A*SH*,' people in the industry didn't know what to do with this guy with the big nose.
- Jamie Farr
Big, Know, Before, Nose
I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.
- Jamie Farr
Think, Anybody, Certainly, Wanting
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