Leslie Nielsen Quotes & Sayings

“Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished.”

“You know it's very difficult to be an actor, and to have people depending on you to say the right line, at the right time, and to not be able to hear your cues! I can't tell you how many times I would've had to have said What? if I didn't have my hearing aids. So my hearing aids are a life saver, and they allow me to practice my craft.”

“I had to weave and play around with a honey bear, you know, and I could wrestle with him a little bit, but there's no way you can even wrestle a honey bear, let alone a grizzly bear that's standing ten feet to eleven feet tall! Can you imagine? But it was fascinating to work that close to that kind of animal.”

“The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up.”

“I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important.”

“There's an old saying that God exists in your search for him. I just want you to understand that I ain't looking.”

“It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I'm finally getting to do what I really wanted to do.”

“The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address.”

“I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.”

“I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, 'Oh!' and I'm fascinated by it.”