John Mahoney Quotes

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John Mahoney

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 20, 1940

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.

John Mahoney

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.

John Mahoney

My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite John Malkovich.

John Mahoney

I don't think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British.

John Mahoney

I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character parts.

John Mahoney

What I mostly do is take the script, analyse the hell out of it, see what's in there, see what kind of person I'm dealing with, and then forget I'm playing a father and just play a person who exemplifies all those things.

John Mahoney

I don't much care to watch myself. There are still probably 50 or 60 episodes of 'Frasier' that I have never seen.

John Mahoney

I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by writers. I hold them in the highest esteem.

John Mahoney

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team.

John Mahoney