A biography for Ray Romanohasn’t been written yet.
“I lived at home till I was 29.”
“I just go to work, come home. And my wife lets me throw my clothes on the floor, and she doesn't say anything, so I must be making some money.”
“I don't watch 'Mad Men.'”
“My career has been my craziest adventure.”
“I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.”
“Anna would be just as happy with me if I were a plumber. As a matter of fact, when she married me, I was working at a bank and living at home. I didn't move out until I was 29!”
“I realized I need to work. I need to be creative. As much as I have angst and anxiety, when I'm idle, it's even more. I have to keep moving. Otherwise, I catch up with myself.”
“Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis.”
“In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.”
“I'm a 14 handicap. Anyone who golfs knows what that means. I shoot 90 to a hundred or, once in a while, 85.”
“Each day it's like: 'How many more days am I going to feel young and vibrant? I feel young and vibrant now, but I also feel the aches and pains a little bit.”
“If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.”
“I think that as actors age, the work becomes more organic to them.”
“When you're in the living room every week for nine years as one character, it's hard for some people to see you as someone else.”
“I'm at an age where crying is easier for me now. I like it. I can cry at a poignant commercial; I can cry at a - this is a running joke in my house, but... a good 'Star-Spangled Banner' can make me cry. I'm not kidding.”
“My kids are growing up and it's hard to accept they are their own person and they're independent.”
“It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.”
“I'm always giving myself the Alzheimer's test. My shrink told me to do this. It takes one minute. You name every word that comes to mind that begins with the letter F.”