Quotes from John Candy

You don't pay an actor to act. An actor will do that for free because we love to act. You pay an actor to wait.

I was the sixteen-year-old driving everyone to bingo and shopping. It was quite a responsibility. It made me the man in charge of a lot of things.

I don't dream about the perfect script, though I check my mailbox every morning.

My first movie role was a supporting performance in a Canadian film called 'Final Lady.' It was a great opportunity for me at the time.

I don't watch my movies. I just get too critical of myself.

My big break down here was working with Steven Spielberg in '1941.' It was a very small role, as Corporal Foley, who was part of the tank crew with Dan Aykroyd.

I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it.

I think NBC bought SCTV because it was developing a nice cult feel.

I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.

I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it.

Whoever said nothing is impossible obviously hasn't tried nailing Jell-O to a tree.

Hey, I stopped smoking cigarettes. Isn't that something? I'm on to cigars now. I'm on to a five-year plan. I eliminated cigarettes, then I go to cigars, then I go to pipes, then I go to chewing tobacco, then I'm on to that nicotine gum

There was no way I was gonna walk around this place with my dork hanging out!

I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

Sure, I'm sensitive about my weight. I don't do fat jokes.

I was a confused young man. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.

I would come home and re-create every movie. Our backyard became a battleship, a war zone, a western town.

Your intention going in is to do the best you can. You go in and do your work, day to day, the best you can. But it's entirely up to the director and the editor and the producers and the studio how it turns out.

I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you.

My salary for 'Splash' was $350,000. I got about $800,000 for 'Summer Rental.' So, yes, I thought, 'Well, here's a chance to get some furniture for the house and some clothes for the kids.'

I'm a mog: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!

You know, the finest line a man will walk is between success at work and success at home.