Judge Reinhold

“I was pulling in $80 a week after taxes working in a frozen yogurt store.”

“I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life.”

“I'm not the comic innovator that Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy are. I can't just come out with an incredible line.”

“I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons.”

“I didn't get a lot of industry action after 'Fast Times.'”

“The only people in my whole life that have ever called me Edward are the police because it's on my license.”

“The first show I was in was 'Dracula' in 1975.”

“Before 'Animal House' came out to open up a huge market, there just weren't parts for young guys. That genre of film was my ticket in... One of my first jobs was with Bill Murray in 'Stripes.'”

“I was spoiled and I was arrogant. I was very demanding, had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for being difficult. And rightfully so.”

“You have to tell a good story first. If it's a good story, people will be interested. It doesn't matter about the content.”

“I was welcomed into some nightclubs in Chicago that no white man's ever been in.”

“A lot of things haven't changed - clothes and stuff have - but kids keep working after-school jobs and keep getting into terrible trouble in relationships. That's not going to stop.”

“People are real quick to jump at the easiest way to define you.”

“I was a lousy waiter, dealing with people and having people in your face like that.”

“I'm not really crazy about broad comedy. I like very possible, real situations that you might have found yourself in.”

“I like very straight comedy.”

“When you read a play, the words speak to you. When you read a script, there's no way you can tell if that's the way that movie will turn out.”

“Eddie Murphy is a great entertainer.”

“I frowned just like Winston Churchill on his worst day, and I reminded my father of a judge who had presided over a case... I've been Judge ever since I was two weeks old.”

“I'm really glad I had the chance to live in Jensen Beach and Stuart before everything exploded. I'm always going to be fond of that area. For me, it was a sleepy little fishing town, and it kind of represents what Florida was before the development explosion.”