John Goodman Quotes

• When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

  John Goodman

  Kids, Keys, Library

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• Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing. Don't worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.

  John Goodman

  Fun, Worry, Relax

  Source: collider.com

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• Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.

  John Goodman

  World, Way, Best Way

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• The power of laughter & love would beat out the power of fear every time.

  John Goodman

  Laughter, Beats, Love Laughter

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• If I could put my finger on it, I'd bottle it and sell it. I came down here originally in 1972 with some drunken fraternity guys and had never seen anything like it - the climate, the smells. It's the cradle of music; it just flipped me. Someone suggested that there's an incomplete part of our chromosomes that gets repaired or found when we hit New Orleans. Some of us just belong here.

  John Goodman

  New Orleans, Smell, Guy

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• Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.

  John Goodman

  Giving Up, Giving, Realizing

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• Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

  John Goodman

  Nomenclature, Bowling

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• This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about.

  John Goodman

  Laughter, Hate, Thinking

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• People just do the strangest things when they believe they're entitled. But they do even stranger things when they just plain believe.

  John Goodman

  Believe, People, Stranger

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• You’re entering a world of pain.

  John Goodman

  Pain, Entering, World

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• I ain't never been in no college with famous people. I was a drifter for a while. I just was desperate to fit in with a group. Really, I was swimming. I was lost, treading water, trying to find my way. I wanted to play football. It didn't work out. I didn't really know what I wanted until I found acting in a theater department, and then everything just fell into place, and I had a passion about something. Then, I started living my life.

  John Goodman

  Football, Passion, Swimming

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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

  John Goodman

  Nice, Creative, Needs

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• TV is the best babysitter.

  John Goodman

  Tvs, Babysitter

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• Sometimes I overtinker, which is something wrong with my brain chemistry. But in figuring out why I do that, maybe I'll make myself a better person. I doubt it.

  John Goodman

  Doubt, Brain, Chemistry

  "John Goodman: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. September 17, 2012.

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• If I don't trust [in] it, then it's worthless.

  John Goodman

  Don't Trust, Ifs, Worthless

  Source: collider.com

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• [In my pre-success years] there was a constant hunger, measuring myself against other actors, and there was sometimes fear. But, there was always a need for self-improvement, to help with the struggle to make myself a better actor.

  John Goodman

  Struggle, Self, Years

  Source: collider.com

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

  John Goodman

  Boys, Lazy, Recliners

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• Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.

  John Goodman

  Believe, Likes, Believe In Me

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

  John Goodman

  Missing, Comedy, Situation

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• George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?

  John Goodman

  Brooklyn Bridge, Bridges, Doe

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• Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

  John Goodman

  Orchestra, Pardon Me, Pardon

  "PASSAGES: Oprah's Early Father's Day" by Stephen M. Silverman, people.com. May 5, 2003.

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• I don't trust myself enough. When I write, I overwrite. Gingerbread. Too much gingerbread. Writing is probably the only hobby I have. But I wish I had another one. If I was just a little better at golf.

  John Goodman

  Writing, Golf, Wish

  "John Goodman: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. September 17, 2012.

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

  John Goodman

  Lucky

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

  John Goodman

  Kids, Levels, Goofing Around

  "Chatter" by Jason Lynch, people.com. November 27, 2000.

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

  John Goodman

  Real, Kids, Popeye

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