--- title: "Best Rick Moranis Quotes" description: "Frederick Allan Moranis is a Canadian comedian and actor, famous for roles in several feature films in the 1980s. He appeared in the sketch comedy serie..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-moranis-79062.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Rick Moranis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-moranis-79062.jpg) # Rick Moranis (1953) Film Actor Canada **47** quotes in **484** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Rick Moranis is a film actor from Canada. ## Quick Facts About Rick Moranis Born April 18, 1953 Nationality Canada Profession Film Actor Known for Ghostbusters, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids ## About Rick Moranis Frederick Allan Moranis is a Canadian comedian and actor, famous for roles in several feature films in the 1980s. He appeared in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (SCTV) in the 1980s. He then starred in several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew (1983), Streets of Fire (1984), Ghostbusters (1984) and its sequel Ghostbusters II (1989), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Parenthood (1989), My Blue Heaven (1990), and The Flintstones (1994). ## Awards & Honors Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Earle Grey Award ## Quotes by Rick Moranis · Page 2 > [Geddy Lee and I went to the same grade school. He moved away when we were still young, but I remember him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moranis/geddy-lee-and-i-went-to-the-same-grade-school-he-moved-away-when-we/) [Rick Moranis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moranis/) [Anthem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anthem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/rick-moranis-14338_anthem_geddy-lee-and-i-went-to-the-same-grade-s_3014924.jpg) > [For me music is pretty personal. I generally listen to it alone, and I've never been a lover of concerts. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moranis/for-me-music-is-pretty-personal-i-generally-listen-to-it-alone-and-i/) [Rick Moranis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moranis/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/rick-moranis-14338_about_for-me-music-is-pretty-personal-i-genera_534198.jpg) > [Like all teenagers in the early '60s, I put down my hockey stick when the Beatles got big and picked up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moranis/like-all-teenagers-in-the-early-60s-i-put-down-my-hockey-stick-when/) [Rick Moranis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moranis/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/rick-moranis-14338_always_like-all-teenagers-in-the-early-60s-i-pu_1638474.jpg) > [Canada Day comes and goes modestly every year. Sure, there are retail sales promotions and a long weekend. But there isn't bluster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moranis/canada-day-comes-and-goes-modestly-every-year-sure-there-are-retail/) [Rick Moranis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moranis/) [Bands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bands/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/rick-moranis-14338_bands_canada-day-comes-and-goes-modestly-every_243433.jpg) > [When I was a little kid, it was not uncommon for a cousin or an uncle, before they would even say 'Hello,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moranis/when-i-was-a-little-kid-it-was-not-uncommon-for-a-cousin-or-an-uncle/) [Rick Moranis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moranis/) [Before](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/before/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/rick-moranis-14338_before_when-i-was-a-little-kid-it-was-not-uncom_2240595.jpg) > [I am wary of sequels. I understand them from the studio's point of view, but the audience doesn't want more, they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moranis/i-am-wary-of-sequels-i-understand-them-from-the-studio-s-point-of/) [Rick Moranis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moranis/) [Am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/rick-moranis-14338_am_i-am-wary-of-sequels-i-understand-them-f_2592848.jpg) > [The decision in my case to become a stay-at-home dad, which people do all the time, I guess wouldn't have meant as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moranis/the-decision-in-my-case-to-become-a-stay-at-home-dad-which-people-do/) [Rick Moranis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moranis/) [Become](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/become/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/rick-moranis-14338_become_the-decision-in-my-case-to-become-a-stay_276500.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moranis/#itemlist", "name": "Rick Moranis Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Geddy Lee and I went to the same grade school. 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