John Ratzenberger Quotes

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone.

When I go to the garage to pick up my clubs, I clean the spider webs off.

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind.

Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius. Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you? Calvin: Nobody thinks I'm a genius. Corfu? It's just a poor man's Pensacola.

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.

Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals.

I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.

Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.

My uniform [in Star Wars] was cool. Not much else I can think of at the moment. You know, you don't know the enormity of these kinds of films until well after you're done.

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

I mean, Cheers [from the Star Wars] was just a job while we were doing it. All of us were really only hustling to pay the rent, weren't we.

You'll be tested every single day.

I don't know that I ever did see Star Wars as any different. I was certainly proud that I did it.

Really, improv is all about creating for what's around you, in the moment, so it fits in a way that you can't see the seams. It's like a great jazz combo. I still do it.

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.

[At Conventions] they give me all the photos to sign. Star Wars, Superman. And Hammy the Pig is right up there.

I speak to women's groups, Chambers of Commerce, manufacturing organizations. Just did the Mike Huckabee Show. I do about two speaking engagements a month. I still enjoy travelling.

I never went to drama school, so that was more like I was getting away with it.

I'm still really into set design and construction when I do films. I notice that stuff.

You've got to write for your audience.

Maybe, I got a sense when [Star Wars] came out, and there were always these lines around the block. We didn't understand the popularity of Cheers until maybe five years into the series.

I look at the calendar. If it's a nice place, I go, like I did in London when it came to choosing to do a film. I always choose the best locations. New Orleans. That's fun. I'm available. Let's go.