John Ratzenberger

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

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

“To them, the real United States is just flyover country.”

“You'll be tested every single day.”

“In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The way I look at it, E.T. stole a bit of my son's childhood.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.”

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

“I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.”

“There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.”

“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.”

“A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.”

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