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" I learned at 50 that there are things that are not my department. Distribution is one of those things. "
John Schneider
Distribution
Those
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" I'm actually from Mt. Kisco, New York, which is in Westchester County, and when I auditioned for 'Dukes,' I told them I was from Snailville, Georgia, which doesn't exist, and I'd just graduated first in my class from the Georgia School of High Performance Driving, which also doesn't exist. But they bought it. "
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Driving
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" I don't know that Donald Trump really cares about what the outcome is, as long as he's in charge of it. Seeing whom he can steer in which direction and how far he can push them. "
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Long
" I'm not a Christian for your benefit. I'm a Christian for my benefit, and how I walk my walk is my business, and how you walk your walk is your business. "
John Schneider
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Walk
Christian
" When you boil it down, most movies are message movies. And I think careers are made in message movies. "
John Schneider
Think
Most
Message
" The normal storyline of a horror film or a slasher film is the young, beautiful college folks go camping and get systematically killed by the person in a mask. So that's how it normally is. "
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College
Beautiful
Young
" It's been a while since I've been to church, but you don't get unborn again. "
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You
Again
Been
" I'm from New York, I'm 53, I have my moments when I'm a nice guy, and more frequently I have my moments where I'm a middle-aged aggravated person. For years I was always the nice guy, so in life I had to pretend to be the nice guy. "
John Schneider
Always
New York
Moments
" In 'Hardflip,' you have a relationship where the father and son haven't seen each other in 18 years, but they find they're very alike: pigheaded, stubborn, passionate. It's a wonderful story of how you can't get away from how similar you and your children are. "
John Schneider
Children
You
Son
" I weighed 245 pounds when I was 16 years old. I had a 44-inch waist. And that was two years before 'Dukes of Hazzard' started. "
John Schneider
Before
Waist
Years
" I'm a good dad and a fair husband and I work quite a bit. That takes up a fair amount of time. "
John Schneider
Up
Time
Husband
" I had a working mother. She worked for IBM. My dad lived in another town - not very far away, but another town. So food was - I guess food was my friend. "
John Schneider
Far
She
Mother
" I believe that even the worst people on the planet believe that they are somehow justified in their neurosis. "
John Schneider
I Believe
People
Believe
" Here I am sitting in the back of a cab with Catherine Zeta-Jones who is telling me Michael Douglas has fond memories of me - it just makes me feel good as a human being. "
John Schneider
Me
I Am
Good
" Not many skeletons left in my closet because I invite them to dance all over the front room! "
John Schneider
Because
Dance
Front
" If it's tough believing what you believe, then maybe it's time to move. But if you are someone who militantly enforces your opinion about anything, then you need to get out of town. "
John Schneider
Opinion
Time
Tough
" Friends don't let friends jump cars. "
John Schneider
Friends
Jump
" When I was a wee little kid, I used to watch 'Dark Shadows' all the time, so I was a Barnabas Collins fan. "
John Schneider
Time
Kid
Dark
" I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit. "
John Schneider
Husband
Good
Fair
" I've been involved in the offering-up-adoption-as-another-choice business for a long time. "
John Schneider
Time
Long
Been
" Some people treat seeing me as if they just won a car on 'The Price is Right.' The feet get going, and the hands start flapping, and it's really quite amazing. It's a little scary: you can't have more than two or three of them at the same time because someone might get hurt. But it's great fun. "
John Schneider
Car
Fun
Great
" You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person. "
John Schneider
Someone
You
Tell
" At the core, I'm a filmmaker and a storyteller. "
John Schneider
Core
Filmmaker
Storyteller
" People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor who is very fortunate to be in a movie that's making wonderful noise, and hopefully helping parents and children to be a little closer. Leave me alone. I'm not talking about politics. I'm just trying to have a conversation with my own kids. "
John Schneider
Children
Politics
October
" Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait. "
John Schneider
People
Chaos
Thrive
" I believe that a dream un-followed turns into all kinds of bad things in the lives of those who don't pursue them. "
John Schneider
I Believe
Believe
Pursue
" 'Gut' was my nickname. And I was picked on terribly by many, many kids. "
John Schneider
Kids
Many
Nickname
" Shows have a tendency to end when they're over. 'The Dukes of Hazzard' has not ended for the fans, and it has not ended for the cast or the crew, and I'm very proud to be a part of that. "
John Schneider
Cast
Crew
End
" I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you. "
John Schneider
Never
You
Shine
" You can make a really good film for under a million dollars, like 'October Baby,' or under a half million, like 'Hardflip.' "
John Schneider
Good
Film
Baby
" A financial shift happened with 'Facing the Giants' and 'Fireproof,' where movies that were faith-based films were profitable. And people in Hollywood - like people in downtown U.S.A. - are out to make money. "
John Schneider
Money
Financial
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