“I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.” Quote by John Mahoney
“My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite John Malkovich.” FirstsLittlesPlayActingKnownClassTaughtOppositesCastsPlaywrightActing Classes Author:John Mahoney
“You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England.” FeelsBoysEmotionalHugeEnglandAttachment 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
“I don't need the money after 11 years on 'Frasier,' and there aren't that many great roles onstage left for somebody my age. I'm more interested in playing those roles than I am in playing bit parts in movies.” NeedsYearsAgeLeftBitsRoles Author:John Mahoney
“I don't take much from my own father, because he was a very austere, quiet, private man who would come home from work, go to his parlour and play Beethoven on his piano.” MenPlayHomeFatherMy OwnQuietPianoComing Home Author:John Mahoney
“I like to learn the lines and not get any precontrived things in my head about the part. Just get on stage and see what the other actors are doing, and respond to them as honestly as I can.” I CanActorsLinesStageHonestly Author:John Mahoney
“I took the fear of marriage from my parents' relationship, because I didn't want to end up in a relationship like that, whereas my brothers and sisters learnt a lesson from it and made sure they didn't carry it on into their own marriages.” WantMadeEndsParentBrotherLessonsMy BrotherBrothers And Sisters Author:John Mahoney
“I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by writers. I hold them in the highest esteem.” CareActorsDirectorsHighestDon't CareEsteemI Don't CareIntimidated Author:John Mahoney