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 More Quotes by John Mahoney More Quotes From John Mahoney I believe in divine inspiration and things like that and I really relish a good, attentive, participating audience. John Mahoney divine inspiration believe The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come.' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional play and I am on stage with John Malkovich. Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise. One huge name after another. I was terrified and petrified, could hardly get a word out of my mouth. John Mahoney philadelphia play years 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 opposites play class So much luck! I'm not putting myself down, I'm not saying I don't have talent - I must have, to have got this far - but I honestly believe that some of the greatest actors in America are tending bar and waiting tables and driving taxis, and it will never happen for them. John Mahoney waiting believe america I'm a dog person, I've had dogs all my life. But you see, it's not really a dog. It's more like a little robot. It's an actor. It displays no emotion whatsoever. I swear that dog doesn't know any of us even though we've done five seasons of Frasier. John Mahoney robots actors dog I don't take much from my own father, because he was a very austere, quiet, private man who would come home from work, go to his parlour and play Beethoven on his piano. John Mahoney home men father I took the fear of marriage from my parents' relationship, because I didn't want to end up in a relationship like that, whereas my brothers and sisters learnt a lesson from it and made sure they didn't carry it on into their own marriages. John Mahoney lessons parent brother 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 scripts play father 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 growing-up character children 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 party team jobs 'Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a play. John Mahoney gigs play thinking Actually I was born in 1940 in Blackpool because my family lived in Manchester but Manchester was being bombed. So my mother was sent away to Blackpool to have me and then went back; so I lived my first eighteen years in Manchester and then emigrated to the States when I was eighteen. John Mahoney mother years firsts I've played a lot of roles I haven't wanted to play, either because they needed someone in the theatre or because they couldn't do it without me 'cause they don't have anyone else the right age. John Mahoney theatre age play I'm a dog person; I've had dogs all my life. John Mahoney persons dog I don’t think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British. John Mahoney done criticism thinking You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England. John Mahoney emotional attachment boys 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 episodes care watches 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 wow doe mean It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride. John Mahoney sister united-states war I was going to be living there and I didn't want to sound like a foreigner all my life. John Mahoney corny sound want
