It's nice to be in demand. George Gaynes More Quotes by George Gaynes More Quotes From George Gaynes It turned out he was basically a very kind and generous man, which he covered up with his surface gruffness and his surface blusteriness, we had a good time doing it. George Gaynes entertainment The general public seems to think that my career consists exclusively of 'Punky Brewster,' 'Police Academy' and 'Tootsie.' But I've done quite a lot more than that. George Gaynes entertainment The two things an actor dreads most are children and dogs. George Gaynes actor things two children I was an acting opera singer, and that's one of the reasons I left opera. George Gaynes singer opera left acting It depends on the generation and gender. The males usually go for 'Police Academy,' and the young women now in their late 20s or so go for 'Punky Brewster.' I am recognized quite frequently because they're still playing that stuff on television! George Gaynes i-am gender women police For years, they cast me in these dumb straight roles of businessmen in three-piece suits. George Gaynes me suits dumb years I'm not foreign enough to play foreigners... I have sort of a mid-Atlantic British accent that puts me in the middle of everything, so they don't know quite where to put me. George Gaynes know me enough play To build a character like Henry Warnimont required a few weeks and months of work. It turned out he was basically a very kind and generous man, which he covered up with his surface gruffness and surface bluster. And the kind of hopeless quality, that 'everything goes wrong' kind of thing. George Gaynes man quality work character I brought what I could of myself to this thing, because between Henry Warnimont and I - not a hell of a lot of difference. George Gaynes difference because myself hell It should be easier to play opposite my wife. George Gaynes opposite wife should play My parents separated soon after I was born, so I left Helsinki when I was a year old. My mother took me to Paris and then other places throughout Western Europe. George Gaynes parents me born mother