John Goodman
John Goodman
John Stephen Goodmanis an American actor. Early in his career, he was best known for playing Dan Conner on the ABC TV series Roseanne, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993. He is also a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers on such films as Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Inside Llewyn Davis. Goodman's voice roles in animated films include Pacha in Disney's The Emperor's New...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth20 June 1952
CountryUnited States of America
It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first season, all that was done.
It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?
It was more or less a familiarization patrol, and presence patrol.
There's a vibrant market for trophy buildings right now. But it's not the same for Class B buildings, particularly the ones with high vacancy rates. So developers are looking at them and thinking, Rather than spend the money it's going to take to lease them, why not sell some of the raw space at a good price?
The key is who controls the money. We think you are going to do better if you control the money.
The innovation is in the private sector. It's not merely that people want choice. We need creative solutions to problems, and you don't get that when you have a government monopoly.
If you want to direct, you've got to work.
When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.
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.
[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.
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.
I'd bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.
Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.
The power of laughter & love would beat out the power of fear every time.