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29 quotes by John Mahoney

John Mahoney (born 20 June 1940) is a British-born American actor. Born in the United Kingdom, Mahoney started his career on the stage in 1977 and moved into film in 1980. He played Martin Crane in the American sitcom Frasier on NBC from 1993 to 2004. He has also worked as a voice actor, and performed on Broadway and in Chicago theatre.
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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... →

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So much luck! I'm not putting myself down, I'm not saying I don't have talent - I must have, to have got this far - but I honestly... →

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'Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a play.

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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.

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I'm a dog person, I've had dogs all my life. But you see, it's not really a dog. It's more like a little robot. It's an actor. It... →

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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... →

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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... →

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People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the reason I did that is a... →

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We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or... →

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What I mostly do is take the script, analyse the hell out of it, see what's in there, see what kind of person I'm dealing with, and then... →

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I believe in divine inspiration and things like that and I really relish a good, attentive, participating audience.

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I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character parts.

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I don't much care to watch myself. There are still probably 50 or 60 episodes of 'Frasier' that I have never seen.

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