I weighed 245 pounds when I was 16 years old. I had a 44-inch waist. And that was two years before 'Dukes of Hazzard' started. John Schneider More Quotes by John Schneider More Quotes From John Schneider There are young people having babies every day that cannot possibly take care of them, and, as people who believe that every life is beautiful, we need to make them aware of another choice - to give that beautiful life up for adoption. John Schneider day beautiful life people You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person. John Schneider someone you opinion fun I'm from New York, I'm 53, I have my moments when I'm a nice guy, and more frequently I have my moments where I'm a middle-aged aggravated person. For years I was always the nice guy, so in life I had to pretend to be the nice guy. John Schneider new nice moments life Not many skeletons left in my closet because I invite them to dance all over the front room! John Schneider room over left dance People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor who is very fortunate to be in a movie that's making wonderful noise, and hopefully helping parents and children to be a little closer. Leave me alone. I'm not talking about politics. I'm just trying to have a conversation with my own kids. John Schneider alone me politics children I believe you should be a gentleman, and that's old-fashioned. John Schneider you i-believe gentleman believe I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you. John Schneider shine never you people It infuriates me that when people forget what it's like not to be a Christian, and they get into other people's face about their life or their beliefs. It's amazing to me that people feel their relationship is so solid with God that they have enough time on their hands to question mine or to fix mine. John Schneider me god relationship life I'm not a Christian for your benefit. I'm a Christian for my benefit, and how I walk my walk is my business, and how you walk your walk is your business. John Schneider your walk you business If it's tough believing what you believe, then maybe it's time to move. But if you are someone who militantly enforces your opinion about anything, then you need to get out of town. John Schneider you opinion time believe I'm a good dad and a fair husband and I work quite a bit. That takes up a fair amount of time. John Schneider good dad work time When you boil it down, most movies are message movies. And I think careers are made in message movies. John Schneider movies down think you It's been a while since I've been to church, but you don't get unborn again. John Schneider again get you church When a script like 'Hardflip' comes along, with a real depiction of the rewards of a father-son relationship but also the difficulties of building one, you have my attention. John Schneider you building attention relationship In 'Hardflip,' you have a relationship where the father and son haven't seen each other in 18 years, but they find they're very alike: pigheaded, stubborn, passionate. It's a wonderful story of how you can't get away from how similar you and your children are. John Schneider relationship father children son You can make a really good film for under a million dollars, like 'October Baby,' or under a half million, like 'Hardflip.' John Schneider good like you baby A financial shift happened with 'Facing the Giants' and 'Fireproof,' where movies that were faith-based films were profitable. And people in Hollywood - like people in downtown U.S.A. - are out to make money. John Schneider movies like money people 'Gut' was my nickname. And I was picked on terribly by many, many kids. John Schneider gut nickname many kids It seems like people are more likely to tell you you've gotten too thin than to tell you you've gotten too fat. John Schneider fat like you people I had a working mother. She worked for IBM. My dad lived in another town - not very far away, but another town. So food was - I guess food was my friend. John Schneider friend dad mother food
