John C. McGinley Quotes

The learning curve on soaps is through the roof because it's a three-camera setup. There's a master and then there's two singles. And the great thing about soaps, and soap actors will tell you, is that when you get your line wrong, they don't re-shoot it. They just cut to the person listening.

John C. McGinley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 3, 1959

Topics

LearningGreatListeningYouPerson

I've never been someone who's been given work because of the way I look or because I have some box office appeal. I get work because people know I'm swinging as hard as I can, trying to connect, giving it my level best. I have a face for radio, but here I am doing what I do.

John C. Reilly

WorkBestI AmPeopleFaceGiving

I wished to God the doctor had handed me a pamphlet that said, 'Hey, sorry about the autism, but here's a step-by-step list on what to do next.' But doctors don't do that. They say 'sorry' and move you along.

Jenny McCarthy

GodMeDoctorSorryYouSaid

I believe in the American dream. I don't want anyone to take advantage of it, and I don't want anyone to ruin it, especially people who are not grateful to be here, who seemingly hate us and call us racists.

Jeanine Pirro

HateGratefulAmerican DreamPeople

My parents themselves both went to university, and they very much expected me to be an intellectual and go through further education, and it's to kind of their surprise that I became an athlete.

Ana Ivanovic

EducationParentsMeSurpriseKind

Lots of people are going to sell clothes online. But not a lot of people have built a brand, a living, breathing brand that people feel like they're part of.

Sophia Amoruso

PeopleBrandFeelClothesLiving

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

GodWisdomMePossessionsReturn

I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything.

Rupert Everett

ThinkTryAdventurousEverything

I wish every American had an opportunity to sit down, to go to a base, to meet with families, to meet with service members, to sit down with our veterans - because we would think differently about our challenges as individuals.

Michelle Obama

OpportunityServiceChallengesThink

I think country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think a lot of the country music is what we do, but I don't think rock & roll is dead at all.

Johnny Van Zant

MusicThinkCountryRockDeadRoll

Music is just such... it's not therapy, but it's a release, it's a joy, it's a pleasure. And it's a job - which is weird, because I don't think of it as a job.

Bryan Adams

MusicJobJoyThinkWeirdTherapy

I feel like any actor that has started out in the theater, the theater will always be their home.

Annaleigh Ashford

GirlKnowExplainLittleKnewHow

To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy.

Anne Enright

SpaceDownWriteAlwaysPolicySit

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