John Ratzenberger Quotes - Page 2

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• My uniform [in Star Wars] was cool. Not much else I can think of at the moment. You know, you don't know the enormity of these kinds of films until well after you're done.

  John Ratzenberger

  Stars, War, Thinking

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• I mean, Cheers [from the Star Wars] was just a job while we were doing it. All of us were really only hustling to pay the rent, weren't we.

  John Ratzenberger

  Jobs, Stars, Cheer

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• One of the high points in my career came from a time I had with Tim Conway on a film when I had him fall down with laughter. I had this scene with him where I was this mechanic down fixing his car. I can't remember what my line was as written, but they were okay with me doing a made-up line. So Tim asks me what's wrong with his car, and I look up and say, "Well, looks like you got a squirrel caught up in there."

  John Ratzenberger

  Laughter, Fall, Squirrels

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• Really, improv is all about creating for what's around you, in the moment, so it fits in a way that you can't see the seams. It's like a great jazz combo. I still do it.

  John Ratzenberger

  Creating, Way, Jazz

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• I don't know that I ever did see Star Wars as any different. I was certainly proud that I did it.

  John Ratzenberger

  Stars, War, Different

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• It was when Boston invited us to do a parade one November, and I was the only [Star Wars] cast member skeptical of the willingness of people to come out to see us five actors drive by in antique cars in the Boston rain. Well, it was the first time I really understood the show's popularity.

  John Ratzenberger

  Stars, War, Rain

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• I never went to drama school, so that was more like I was getting away with it.

  John Ratzenberger

  Drama, School, Get Away

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• I'm still really into set design and construction when I do films. I notice that stuff.

  John Ratzenberger

  Design, Stuff, Film

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• I remember being fascinated by the graduated sizes and perspective on the sets [of Star Wars]. And how they put shorter people and kids in the uniforms and placed them in the distance to give the idea that these sets had more depth than they really did.

  John Ratzenberger

  Stars, War, Distance

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind.

  John Ratzenberger

  Children, Breathing, Mind

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• I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.

  John Ratzenberger

  Mother, Daughter, Son

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• I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

  John Ratzenberger

  School, Acting

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• I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

  John Ratzenberger

  Projects, Turned Down

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• It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.

  John Ratzenberger

  Real, People, United States

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• In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals.

  John Ratzenberger

  People, Calling, Actors

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• From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

  John Ratzenberger

  Country, Kids, Pride

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• I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

  John Ratzenberger

  Soldier, Sailor, Policemen

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• I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

  John Ratzenberger

  Past, Years, Research

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• You'll be tested every single day.

  John Ratzenberger

  Tested

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• When I go to the garage to pick up my clubs, I clean the spider webs off.

  John Ratzenberger

  Spiders, Clubs, Clean

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• A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

  John Ratzenberger

  Humor, Farce, Doe

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• I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.

  John Ratzenberger

  Grew Up, Connecticut, Grew

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

  John Ratzenberger

  People, Hollywood, Ready

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• I was a carpenter in Northern Vermont and got this tax refund check that just about covered a one-way airfare to London. So this I saw as a sign from God. So I went over to see Ray [Hussett] for a couple of weeks and ended up staying 10 years. I got work as a stage carpenter at the Oval House in Kennington, South London.

  John Ratzenberger

  Couple, Years, House

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

  John Ratzenberger

  Home, Saws, Bigs

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