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

Quote by John Ratzenberger

Topics: Humor Quotes

You'll be tested every single day. You'll be tested every single day.

You'll be tested every single day. You'll be tested every single day.

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...

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

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

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.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

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.

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 always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

You've got to write for your audience.

You've got to write for your audience.

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...

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'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.

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...