"I like to learn the lines and not……" — John Mahoney
"I like to learn the lines and not get any precontrived things in my head about the part. Just get on stage and see what the other actors are doing, and respond to them as honestly as I can."
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29 Quotes by John Mahoney
John Mahoney has 29 quotes on this site.
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I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating…
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It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United…
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I was going to be living there and I didn't want to sound like a foreigner all my life.
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I'm a dog person, I've had dogs all my life. But you see, it's not really a dog. It's more…
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And then I went to visit my sister in the states and all of a sudden it was just like,…
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People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it.…
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Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a…
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I believe in divine inspiration and things like that and I really relish a good, attentive, participating audience.
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I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always…
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I don't much care to watch myself. There are still probably 50 or 60 episodes of 'Frasier' that I have…
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I don't think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British.
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I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.
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