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John Mahoney Biography

Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor of stage, film, and television.

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My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite John Malkovich.

Acting, Cast, Class, Opposites, Play, Playwright

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

Care, Episodes, Frasier, Probably, Watches

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.

Attachment, Boys, Emotional, England, Ummm

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 forget I'm playing a father and just play a person who exemplifies all those things.

Father, Play, Playing, Script, Scripts

I've played a lot of roles I haven't wanted to play, either because they needed someone in the theatre or because they couldn't do it without me 'cause they don't have anyone else the right age.

Age, Play, Played, Theatre

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.

1951, Gray, Sister, United States, Visit, War

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.

Brother, Fun, Hard, Interest, Teacher, Tried

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.

Austere, Father, Home, Man, Men, Private

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.

Brother, Carry, Lessons, Parent, Relationship, Took

I'm a dog person; I've had dogs all my life.

Dog, Dogs, Life, Person, Persons

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.

Actors, Lines, Part, Stage

I've got a business manager and he'll just come right out and say, 'It wasn't the best part for you,' or 'It was okay, but I've seen you do better. ' So when he does say, 'Wow that was great!,' then I know that he means it and it's something.

Doe, Know, Mean, Right, Wow

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 British accent in America is a real status symbol.

America, People, Real, Status, Trace, Worked

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.

Actors, Care, Directors, Esteem, Hold

I don’t think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British.

Criticism, Thinking, United, United States, Whatsoever

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 displays no emotion whatsoever. I swear that dog doesn't know any of us even though we've done five seasons of Frasier.

Actors, Displays, Dog, Know, Robots, Though

The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come. ' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional play and I am on stage with John Malkovich. Joan Allen, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise. One huge name after another. I was terrified and petrified, could hardly get a word out of my mouth.

Imagine, Metcalf, Names, Philadelphia, Play, Years

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.

Black And White, My Sister, Technicolor, White, Wizard, Wizards

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

Character, Children, Growing, Growing Up, Parts, Stratford