John Goodman Quotes

• Yeah, the material’s been good so far, although I’m sure there’s got to be a drought coming someday.

  John Goodman

• When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.

  John Goodman

• TV is the best babysitter.

  John Goodman

• This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it’s true, and I think that’s what this movie is about.

  John Goodman

• Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them.

  John Goodman

• That was all Rose, and Rose knew what she was doing. Her main thing was story.

  John Goodman

• Social Security’s future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.

  John Goodman

• People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

  John Goodman

• Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

  John Goodman

• Like, every couple of months you read, they rewrite, you come back in, they’ve animated more stuff – they usually videotape you while you’re reading it – so they’ll incorporate some gestures and some facial expressions into it.

  John Goodman

• Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

  John Goodman

• It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?

  John Goodman

• It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first season, all that was done.

  John Goodman

• If you want to direct, you’ve got to work.

  John Goodman

• I’m really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now – the New Orleans stuff – a lot more than I did before.

  John Goodman

• I’m just a lazy boy. I’d rather sit in my recliner and act.

  John Goodman

• I’d like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

  John Goodman

• I’d bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.

  John Goodman

• I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.

  John Goodman

• I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.

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John Goodman (25)

Birth:	20th June, 1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian

About

John Stephen Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri, USA. He is an American actor and comedian. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Southwest Missouri State University in 1975. His role in several films include: Eddie Macon's Run, Maria's Lovers, Sweet Dreams, Raising Arizona, Sea of Love, Arachnophobia, Barton Fink, Matinee, The Big Lebowski, The Emperor's New Groove, The Jungle Book 2, Speed Racer, In the Electric Mist, The Artist, Argo, Inside Llewyn Davis, Trumbo, Atomic Blonde, Once Upon a Time in Venice, and Captive State (upcoming August 2018). His role in television include: Roseanne (Won- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Television Series Musical or Comedy- 1993), Frosty Returns, Kingfish (TV film), A Streetcar Named Desire (TV film), Center of the Universe (TV series), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Won- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), You Don't Know Jack (TV film), Treme (TV series), and Alpha House (TV series).

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