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Top 10 John Goodman Quotes

  1. Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.
  2. When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.
  3. I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.
  4. 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.
  5. Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing. Don't worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.
  6. Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.
  7. TV is the best babysitter.
  8. George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?
  9. I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act.
  10. The power of laughter & love would beat out the power of fear every time.
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I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak. - John Goodman

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak. — John Goodman

John Goodman Short Quotes

  • I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.
  • As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.
  • It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?
  • It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first season, all that was done.
  • I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.
  • Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them.
  • I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.
  • If I don't trust [in] it, then it's worthless.
  • I'd bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.
  • That was all Rose, and Rose knew what she was doing. Her main thing was story.

John Goodman Quotes About Love

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

When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones. — John Goodman

Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living. — John Goodman

John Goodman Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak. — John Goodman

I don't trust myself enough. When I write, I overwrite. Gingerbread. Too much gingerbread. Writing is probably the only hobby I have. But I wish I had another one. If I was just a little better at golf. — John Goodman

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before. — John Goodman

[In my pre-success years] there was a constant hunger, measuring myself against other actors, and there was sometimes fear. But, there was always a need for self-improvement, to help with the struggle to make myself a better actor. — 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

Sometimes I overtinker, which is something wrong with my brain chemistry. But in figuring out why I do that, maybe I'll make myself a better person. I doubt it. — John Goodman

If I could put my finger on it, I'd bottle it and sell it. I came down here originally in 1972 with some drunken fraternity guys and had never seen anything like it - the climate, the smells. It's the cradle of music; it just flipped me. Someone suggested that there's an incomplete part of our chromosomes that gets repaired or found when we hit New Orleans. Some of us just belong here. — John Goodman

Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it. — John Goodman

If you want to direct, you've got to work. — 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

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me. — John Goodman

You’re entering a world of pain. — John Goodman

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working. — John Goodman

Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up. — John Goodman

Yeah, the material's been good so far, although I'm sure there's got to be a drought coming someday. — John Goodman

Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant! — John Goodman

Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. — John Goodman

I ain't never been in no college with famous people. I was a drifter for a while. I just was desperate to fit in with a group. Really, I was swimming. I was lost, treading water, trying to find my way. I wanted to play football. It didn't work out. I didn't really know what I wanted until I found acting in a theater department, and then everything just fell into place, and I had a passion about something. Then, I started living my life. — John Goodman

Life Lessons by John Goodman

  1. John Goodman's career is a testament to the power of hard work and dedication; he has worked steadily in the entertainment industry for over four decades, proving that persistence pays off.
  2. His versatility as an actor is also inspiring; he has played a wide variety of roles, from comedic to dramatic, and has shown that it is possible to have success in multiple genres.
  3. Lastly, Goodman's career is a reminder that it is possible to have a long, successful career in the entertainment industry, no matter what your age or background.
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