Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.

Quote by John Ratzenberger

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

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

I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

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

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

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a...

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a...

Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.

Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.

I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.

You've got to write for your audience.

You've got to write for your audience.

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast,...

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast,...

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

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

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

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character...

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character...

After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your...

After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your...

There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.

There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the...

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the...

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what...

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what...