John Mahoney Quotes

I Didn't Want To Be The Archetypal Sponging Brother-in-law, So I Didn't Go Into Acting When I Got To The States. I Thought, 'no, I'll Go To School And Then I'll Be An English Teacher; That'll Be Fun.' But I Was Horrible As A Teacher. As Hard As I Tried, I Just Couldn't Inspire Those Kids To Take An Interest In Milton And Shakespeare And Donne.

I Was Going To Be Living There And I Didn't Want To Sound Like A Foreigner All My Life.

I Don't Much Care To Watch Myself. There Are Still Probably 50 Or 60 Episodes Of 'frasier' That I Have Never Seen.

I've Got A Business Manager And He'll Just Come Right Out And Say, 'it Wasn't The Best Part For You,' Or 'it Was Okay, But I've Seen You Do Better.' So When He Does Say, 'wow That Was Great!,' Then I Know That He Means It And It's Something.

I've Played A Lot Of Roles I Haven't Wanted To Play, Either Because They Needed Someone In The Theatre Or Because They Couldn't Do It Without Me 'cause They Don't Have Anyone Else The Right Age.

And Then I Went To Visit My Sister In The States And All Of A Sudden It Was Just Like, It's Like... It's Like The Movie Wizard Of Oz When All Of A Sudden It Changes From Black And White To Glorious Technicolor.

It Was Post War. It Was Very Gray, Very Dreary. Everything Was Still Rationed When I First Saw The United States In 1951. I Went Over To Visit My Sister Who Was A War Bride.

Actually I Was Born In 1940 In Blackpool Because My Family Lived In Manchester But Manchester Was Being Bombed. So My Mother Was Sent Away To Blackpool To Have Me And Then Went Back; So I Lived My First Eighteen Years In Manchester And Then Emigrated To The States When I Was Eighteen.

I Don’t Think The United States Has Done Anything Whatsoever To Merit Any Criticism By The British.

I Like To Learn The Lines And Not Get Any Precontrived Things In My Head About The Part. Just Get On Stage And See What The Other Actors Are Doing, And Respond To Them As Honestly As I Can.

People Say There's No Trace Of An Accent Anymore, And There Isn't Because I Worked Very Hard To Lose It. And The Reason I Did That Is A British Accent In America Is A Real Status Symbol.

'frasier' Was A Classy Gig. I Didn't For One Minute Think It Was Less Prestigious Or Artistic Than Doing A Play.