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John Ratzenberger Biography

John Ratzenberger

John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, and entrepreneur. He is known for playing Cliff Clavin in the TV show Cheers, for which he earned two Emmy nominations. Ratzenberger is also known for his extensive voice roles in Pixar Animation Studios' films, such as Hamm in the Toy Story franchise and Mack in the Cars franchise. He is the only actor to appear in all of Pixar's feature films, and with minor appearances in major films such as Superman and The Empire Strikes Back, is one of the most successful actors of all time in terms of box-office receipts.

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I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.

Daughter, Mother, Son, Instill, Insidious, Parents

You'll be tested every single day.

Tested, Day, Single

Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.

Affected, Affects, Children, Kids, My Family

Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago.

Hollywood, Long, Lost, Touch

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

Doe, Farce, Humor, Universally

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

Country, Kids, Learn, Pride

My uniform [in Star Wars] was cool. Not much else I can think of at the moment. You know, you don't know the enormity of these kinds of films until well after you're done.

Stars, War, Thinking, Know, Wars, Enormity

When I go to the garage to pick up my clubs, I clean the spider webs off.

Spiders, Clubs, Clean, Spider, Pick

I don't know that I ever did see Star Wars as any different. I was certainly proud that I did it.

Different, Know, Proud, See, Stars, War

All over the US, there is a need to teach young people to, really, get them out in the backyard, building treehouses, fixing bicycles, because you become a better, more well-rounded, Renaissance personality if you actually know how to do things with your hands. If you can fix the screen door or replace your old garbage disposal, even change the tire on a car, a lot of people don't even know how to do that. We're literally running out of people who know how to do those things, the essential things like plumbing, carpentry, stone masonry, we're literally running out of them.

Car, Change, Disposal, People, Renaissance, Running

[At Conventions] they give me all the photos to sign. Star Wars, Superman. And Hammy the Pig is right up there.

Give, Pig, Pigs, Stars, Superman, War

You've got to write for your audience.

Writing, Audience, Write

I don't know how many days I worked there [on Star Wars]. The thing I do remember was I somehow got a parking space next to Kermit the Frog. It was Jim Henson's space, with this Kermit the Frog sign. I took a photo of it and sent it to my mom with a caption that read, "Look, Mom. I made it. I got a parking space next to Kermit the Frog. " I was always fascinated by the film-set infrastructures.

Mom, Parking, Sign, Stars, War, Wars

After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind.

Children, Breathing, Mind, Bedside, Producer

That was actually Lloyd Phillips who was a Kiwi film producer in L. A. And it was about Gorgeous George, not Haystacks Calhoun. I was in a couple of Lloyd's films and got approached to write the story. People don't realize it, but Gorgeous George had this flamboyant, camp stage persona that had a tremendous influence on other celebrities, like Elton John, Liberace, Elvis Presley, and Mohammed Ali, who all wanted to establish their own outlandish stage personas. The project died because Gorgeous George's wife refused to give up the rights.

Couple, Film, Films, Giving Up, Influence, Writing

In L. A. , though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals.

People, Calling, Actors, Professionals

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.

Different, Funnier, People, Reason, Swearing, Would Be

I never went to drama school, so that was more like I was getting away with it.

Away, Drama, Get Away, Like, School

I mean, Cheers [from the Star Wars] was just a job while we were doing it. All of us were really only hustling to pay the rent, weren't we.

Jobs, Stars, Cheer, Cheers, Mean, Rent

[ Oval House] director, Peter Oliver, gave you the right to fail. He had a philosophy that came from Winston Churchill that you go from failure to failure with enthusiasm. So Peter gave us a go and that's how Ray [Hassett] and I ended up starting Sal's Meat Market at the Oval House.

Hassett, House, Philosophy, Rays, Starting

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