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.

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

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

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.

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!

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

Kids haven't changed - you have.

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

Big breaks come from small fractures.