Harland Williams
Harland Williams
Harland Reesor Williamsis a Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, artist, musician and radio personality...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth14 November 1962
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
bit funny opposed outright relationship
If you're going to take a jab at someone, you should at least have a bit more of a personal relationship with them. I feel like you can be funny and clever, as opposed to just outright vile.
bit ended quite saw stunned
In 'There's Something About Mary' and 'Dumb & Dumber,' I ended up improvising quite a bit of my scenes, and later I didn't even remember what I'd said because I just winged it. When I went and saw the movie, I was as stunned as everyone else was.
hang nightclub saying version wacky
If you were to come out and hang out with me, just having fun at a nightclub or a party, that's kind of the version of Harland you'd get - silly, kind of always saying wacky things.
bored filming funny outrageous people shows stuff stunts trying
I was walking around bored one day, and I started filming stuff with my cellphone. There are all these shows where people are trying to do these outrageous stunts, and I thought it would be funny to do all these stunts that aren't outrageous but then act like they are.
almost depends improvise portion wing
I always improvise with the crowd. Sometimes it will be a 50 percent show, sometimes 70 percent, sometimes it's almost a whole show where I wing it. It depends on my mood, the energy in the room. For sure, a portion of it is just kind of winging it.
absurd huge interested
Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in an absurd kind of theater.
movies realized ton work
I'd done a ton of movies here in Hollywood, and I realized that every movie I'd done was somebody's else's work and someone else's vision.
normal piece subject toast twist whether
I try to take normal things - whether it's a serious subject or something as obscure as a piece of toast - and put a very weird twist on them.
character people
I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
home sort throw
I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
good mind people telling
I get a lot of people telling me that I'd make a good 'wacky neighbor.' I wouldn't mind that, if it was a starting-off point.
funny goes guy jokes onstage starts twitching
I don't laugh so much at jokes and premises as I do at a guy who goes onstage and starts twitching and acting funny.
randomly shows tour tours
I don't go on tour tours - I just go randomly to cities to do shows if I have an opening in my schedule.
ended originally
What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' - but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.