Quotes from John Goodman

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

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

TV is the best babysitter.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.

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.

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