“It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride.” FirstsStillsWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesSawsPostsGrayMy SisterSisterBridesDrearyPost War Author:John Mahoney
“And then I went to visit my sister in the states and all of a sudden it was just like, it's like... it's like the movie Wizard of Oz when all of a sudden it changes from Black and White to glorious Technicolor.” StatesBlackWhiteGloriousMy SisterBlack And WhiteWizards Author:John Mahoney
“I don’t think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British.” ThinkingStatesDoneUnitedUnited StatesCriticismBritishMerit Author:John Mahoney
“Actually I was born in 1940 in Blackpool because my family lived in Manchester but Manchester was being bombed. So my mother was sent away to Blackpool to have me and then went back; so I lived my first eighteen years in Manchester and then emigrated to the States when I was eighteen.” YearsFirstsStatesMotherBornMy FamilyEighteenManchesterBlackpool Author:John Mahoney
“I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne.” WantHardStatesKidsSchoolLawFunInterestActingTeacherInspireBrotherHorribleIn-lawsMiltonEnglish TeacherDonneBrother In Law Author:John Mahoney
