A biography for John Ratzenbergerhasn’t been written yet.
“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 always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.”
“You've got to write for your audience.”
“I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.”
“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.”
“The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see.”
“From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.”
“Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character for seven episodes. Eleven years and 22 Emmys later, Cliff was still sitting at that bar.”
“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.”
“They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.”
“So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.”
“I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.”