Leslie Nielsen
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"Leslie William Nielsen", Order of Canada/OC was a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters. Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and later worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to study theatre at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre/Neighborhood Playhouse. Making his acting debut in 1948, he made more than 50 television appearances two years later. Nielsen later made his film debut in 1956, with supporting roles in several drama, western, and romance films produced between the 1950s and the 1970s, with Nielsen crossing genres in both television and films.

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Leslie has the ability to do two things: he can be menacing and scary and he can be incredibly stupid and funny, and he blends them both beautifully. He is a consummate actor-comedian.

No, no, no, Mel is very much together as a director, always moving forward.

I wore that same shirt yesterday playing golf, ... There goes the Nike account.

You could respond to it on a very human basis.

You're excited? You should feel my nipples!

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'

This is your last chance. And I'm not talking about one of those Major League Baseball Steve Howe kind of last chances.

It's a different ballgame, ... It'll be funny, interesting. As actors, we're doing our own writing.

With a blonde bombshell (Francis) in the picture, there could be no love affair between her and anybody who was not Caucasian. It would (have been) tough enough to even have her in the same room with a black man or a Chinese guy. Those things are all changed today.

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

They've been cutting back on real actors for a long time.

Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes.

I just want you to know, I faked every orgasm.