Quotes by John Ratzenberger

About John Ratzenberger:

John Deszo Ratzenberger is an American actor, voice actor and entrepreneur. He is best known as Cliff Clavin in Cheers and for his recurring supporting cast roles in Pixar films.
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In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The way I look at it, E.T. stole a bit of my son's childhood.

John Ratzenberger

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project.

John Ratzenberger

Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.

John Ratzenberger

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

John Ratzenberger

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

John Ratzenberger

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

John Ratzenberger

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.

John Ratzenberger

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

John Ratzenberger

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

John Ratzenberger

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

John Ratzenberger

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.

John Ratzenberger

To them, the real United States is just flyover country.

John Ratzenberger

The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyo...

John Ratzenberger

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

John Ratzenberger

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

John Ratzenberger

There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.

John Ratzenberger

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

John Ratzenberger

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

You've got to write for your audience.

John Ratzenberger

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

John Ratzenberger

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Ratzenberger
  • DescriptionActor
  • BornApril 6, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Voice Actor