Top 32 Quotes by John Ratzenberger

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone.

Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character for seven episodes. Eleven years and 22 Emmys later, Cliff was still sitting at that bar.

Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago.

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.