John C. McGinley Quotes
TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle.
I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they're auditioning, because their terror calms me.
My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean... I was like, Max you get the dogs. I’ll talk to the hot blondes.
I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice!
Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma.
The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game.
I wanted to be Red Barber, Mel Allen or Howard Cosell. I loved their personalities and all of their sounds.
Turns out, Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, occurring once in every 800 births, and no one really knows why it happens. It just does.
I just can't afford to get bored, because if you've been blessed with a generous imagination, which a lot of actors have, to be engaged, to be stimulated, is to liberate your imagination.
If you watch 'E.T.' and say that there are holes in the story because this alien lands, then don't go to the movie! It drives me insane.
I always wanted to be Gene Hackman and I always wanted to be, you know... I wanted to be one of these guys. I always wanted to be Bob Duvall.
I got my Equity card from an audition out of Backstage. We did 'Guys and Dolls' and 'Kismet.'
You go see 'Timothy Green,' and tell me if it doesn't rock your world. I loved it. I loved every frame of it.
With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.
