Quotes from John Ratzenberger

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character for seven episodes. Eleven years and 22 Emmys later, Cliff was still sitting at that bar.

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

My uniform [in Star Wars] was cool. Not much else I can think of at the moment. You know, you don't know the enormity of these kinds of films until well after you're done.

I don't know that I ever did see Star Wars as any different. I was certainly proud that I did it.

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

Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius. Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you? Calvin: Nobody thinks I'm a genius. Corfu? It's just a poor man's Pensacola.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

I speak to women's groups, Chambers of Commerce, manufacturing organizations. Just did the Mike Huckabee Show. I do about two speaking engagements a month. I still enjoy travelling.

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

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.

You've got to write for your audience.

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