John Goodman Quotes


"Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra."
- John Goodman
"I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around."
- 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
"When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones."
- John Goodman
(Related: Old)

"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
(Related: Love, Power, Time, Fear, Hate, Laughter, Sound)

"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
"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
(Related: People, Poor, Population, Rest, Will)

"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
(Related: Months, Reading)

"Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them."
- John Goodman
(Related: Kids)

"It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?"
- John Goodman
(Related: Golf, Play)

"I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative."
- John Goodman
"Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living."
- John Goodman
(Related: Love, Living)

"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
(Related: Children, Delay, Future, Reform, Security)

"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
(Related: Time)

"It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first season, all that was done."
- John Goodman
(Related: Time, End, Fight, First)

"I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak."
- John Goodman
"As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel."
- John Goodman
"I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy."
- John Goodman
(Related: Comedy)

"I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act."
- John Goodman
(Related: Act)

"I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before."
- John Goodman
(Related: Jazz, Now)

"If you want to direct, you've got to work."
- John Goodman
(Related: Work, Want)

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