Acting time is like flight time: You can work on a simulator, you can rehearse, but unless you're really in front of the camera or on a stage - that's when you really learn how to work it.

Looking back, I have to say that I've been fortunate to work with a lot of great people. Unfortunately, a lot of them are gone. But I look back and, yeah, I have had a really great career!

Big breaks come from small fractures.

Kids haven't changed - you have.

My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, Look, I don't know how to help you as an actor, but if you want to be an actor, give it a go for a year. Get a job. And if you don't get a job, then we're going to reevaluate and you're going to go back to school. And I thought that was a fair thin

I do think that failure begets success sometimes, but it's often looked upon in Hollywood as not a good thing.

I'm usually not the straight guy. I'm sometimes more the funny guy, depending on the situation.

It's always good to work where you're wanted. The times I've been where I wasn't wanted - that's just never a good experience.

If my parents were alive, they'd giggle John was an actor since day one!.