Larroquette John Quotes & Sayings

A biologist with a history of tooth decay invents a symbiotic microbe which lives in the human mouth and feeds by cleaning our teeth. It secreted calcium, which is poisonous to it, controlling its growth and preventing it from eating the teeth themselves. So this guy, he wants to spread the thing to the world, but it'd never fly, FDA and human squeamishness and all, so he becomes a party animal. He throws wild partys at the lab, kisses female grad students, where's, babies. He backwashes in sodas left on tables. He bums drags of cigarettes. He grants humanity eternally clean and healthy teeth but dies of a terrible cocktail of STDs. — James Curcio

I was a French Quarter rat from the moment I could get on a bus by myself and go to the French Quarter. I played music most of my early life and it just seemed that to entertain people was a really good thing to do. — John Larroquette

The opportunity to carry water every night to James Earl Jones on stage is a dream come true. — John Larroquette

I have 800 books of just Samuel Beckett's work, tons of his correspondence, personal letters that he wrote. I have copies of plays he used when he directed, so all of his handwritten notes are in the corners of the page. — John Larroquette

Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character. — John Larroquette

Vampires to me have always been very sexy. — Stephen Dorff

Be careful out there. There are things that go bump in the night. Actually, there are things that go 'Give me your wallet or I'll kill you' in the night. — John Larroquette

The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage. — John Larroquette

When actors get pigeonholed, that's their own doing to a large degree. Because if you do something that people like, obviously they're going to ask you to do it again. It's up to you to say no. If you're that insecure about working, you'll probably do what you're known to do. — John Larroquette

The sad fact is that the vast majority of drunks stay drunks. There's a small minority of us who reach that fork in the road where one side says 'live' and the other says 'drink'. — John Larroquette

I'd like to be doing quality acting in a quality role and making as many people as possible happy. — John Larroquette

Ah, yes, crooked paths often end in quicksand. — Lilli Thal

I don't do a lot of guest shots on television. — John Larroquette

I've seen more convincing wigs on William Shatner. — John Larroquette

Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed. You want this music to be soulful, whether you're giving sweet talk or tough love. — Judith Orloff

I love working with Gary Sinise. — John Larroquette

I love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon. — John Larroquette

I was raised by my grandmother. She had a very difficult time, raised all her kids, my father and everybody. Listening to those stories and finding her so strong, poised. Anybody who came close to her was made to feel blessed. And at the same time, it didn't matter how strong a person was, in front of her, their head would go down. She carried through her life raising everybody. That is my model. — Rajashree Choudhury

You take jobs so much of the time when you don't need to necessarily work for a living, but it becomes important who you are going to work with. — John Larroquette

Thinking fascinates me, and I probably spend too much time in my mind. My wife says that my perfect world is to be in the Suburban driving, with her next to me and the boys in the back seat and complete silence for two thousand miles. — John Larroquette

There's no one defining moment that kills you or makes you. — Sinbad

The first time I lay actual eyes on the real David Lynch on the set of his movie, he's peeing on a tree ... Mr. David Lynch, a prodigious coffee drinker, apparently pees hard and often. — David Foster Wallace

So that's it," he said. "Three hundred dollars. I wish somebody would come into this country with a seed that had to be worked everyday from New Year's right on through Christmas. As soon as you niggers are laid-by, trouble starts. — William Faulkner

I began my career in Los Angeles and started working fairly quickly. — John Larroquette

The way to resume is to resume. It is the only way. To resume. — Gertrude Stein

Again, as egotistical as I am, as self-centered as I am, and as much as I love strangers idolizing me, I find it very crass to be self-promoter in a way. — John Larroquette

If 50 percent of your career is not filled with failure, you're not really successful. — John Larroquette

Radical obedience always gives priority to what God has said over what He hasn't said. — Bill Johnson