John Goodman's Quotes

TV is the best babysitter.

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.

As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.

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

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.

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.

I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

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

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

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

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

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