Explore Quotes by John Ratzenberger

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

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

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.