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

Quote by John Ratzenberger

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

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

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

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

In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The...

In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The...

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

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...

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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

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

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.

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,...

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...

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 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.

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...

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head,...

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head,...

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable...

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable...

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.

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

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

The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at...

The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at...

To them, the real United States is just flyover country.

To them, the real United States is just flyover country.