Chevy Chase Quotes: Real Life Clark Griswold Talks National Lampoons

Everybody expects Chevy Chase quotes to be funny. While some of his quotes are just that, most others are just sincere quotes on life, laughing and his career. It would probably be odd for Chevy Chase to just whip out a bunch of funny jokes anyways. I mean how could they live up to the many great movies quotes he has had in his career? He has played one of the most legendary family man characters in Clark Griswold and always had some funny lines in the Caddyshack movies. Here are the top ten best Chevy Chase quotes.

"Mommy why does daddy have his tounge in that lady's mouth?"

"Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my three-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else."

Love is all about that a$$

"Love is huge. But if you're talking about men and women, it's got to start with the most initial obvious attraction that warthogs go through. Look at that a$$! That's what keeps the world spinning. There's your God."

On the success of the National Lampoon's Vacation movies

"Every Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money."

Chevy Chase quote about his father

"My father was the funniest guy I ever met. I'm not sure if I stole his stuff or if I inherited it."

Chevy Chase quote on Saturday Night Live

"I remember the first "Update" I did on Saturday Night Live. They had big cameras back then, and you were looking into a huge lens. I wasn't nervous at all because I looked right through that lens and imagined the faces of the seven funniest people I knew. It never occurred to me that millions of people were watching. What I did was just for the eight of us."

Chevy Chase on drugs

"I never shot things up or freebased. I was pretty low-level when it came to drug abuse. I checked myself into the Betty Ford Clinic after my nose started to hurt."

Chevy Chase on being funny

"A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me."

Chevy Chase quote on acting

"I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now."

On his fans

"I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking."

Why hit Billy Murray when you can punch John Belushi instead

"Billy Murray and I came to fisticuffs, but we never really ended up hitting each other. We tried, but [John] Belushi got in the middle and we both ended up hitting John. And if anybody deserved to be slapped in the forehead, it was John, for instigating it all."

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