Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!

Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!

John Goodman

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.

As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.

As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.

Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.

Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working.

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working.

If you want to direct, you've got to work.

If you want to direct, you've got to work.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.

When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living.

Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living.

George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?

George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.