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" My first car was a '63 Chevy station wagon that I called Ramona, because that's the sound it made. 'Farm Use' was painted on the back. It was right off the set of 'Hee Haw.' "

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" Personally, I feel that if you shoot off 200,000 rounds, and your lead character pulls out a pistol and never gets hit, there's a sense of jeopardy that's lost. It becomes a little less exciting when things don't make sense. "

Judge Reinhold

Never

You

Character

" I remember once they sent me over to read for a show called 'Mork and Mindy.' I heard gales of laughter, then Robin Williams walked out. I had to follow Robin Williams. "

Judge Reinhold

Remember

Over

" My first sex scene - and it was with myself. "

" I was a lousy waiter, dealing with people and having people in your face like that. "

" People are real quick to jump at the easiest way to define you. "

" My first time in front of a camera, I said, 'Wonder Woman, I'm so glad you're here.' That's how I made a living. "

" The '80s was a great decade for comedy. "

" When I was a kid growing up, I liked the sympathetic characters played by Alan Arkin, Jack Lemmon, and James Stewart. They were my heroes. No matter what happened to them, they survived with their dignity intact. "

Judge Reinhold

Growing

Dignity

" When you read a play, the words speak to you. When you read a script, there's no way you can tell if that's the way that movie will turn out. "

" I'm proud to have been in some of the films that continue to be a special part of people's lives. "

" I'm not really crazy about broad comedy. I like very possible, real situations that you might have found yourself in. "

" I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life. "

" The day before 'Beverly Hills Cop' opened, I was at a branch of my bank, and the teller asked me for two pieces of identification. Four days after it opened, I was being waved to on the freeway. "

" I didn't get a lot of industry action after 'Fast Times.' "

" I like to watch and perform the kind of comedy that comes out of the situation - where the character is really serious and in a tough situation and doesn't realize that the situation is comic. "

" I walked on eggshells a lot. I have a bad self-esteem problem, and my father probably facilitated it. He once looked at me very seriously when I was about 15 and had whipped cream smeared all over myself. He said, 'You'd do anything for a laugh, wouldn't you?' "

" I don't put my nose up at anything if the material is good. "

Judge Reinhold

Put

Anything

" I don't think anybody at the major studios is rushing to offer me a romantic lead. "

Judge Reinhold

Rushing

Lead

" I still enjoy a lot of support from the black community. "

" I like very straight comedy. "

Judge Reinhold

Comedy

Straight

" I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons. "

" If I get to tell good stories with good people, that's good enough for me. "

Judge Reinhold

Good

Good People

" The only people in my whole life that have ever called me Edward are the police because it's on my license. "

" I was welcomed into some nightclubs in Chicago that no white man's ever been in. "

" People are flooded with information every day, and normal guys everywhere try valiantly to stay up with all the technology. But they can't quite do it. I know how those guys feel. "

" I'm really glad I had the chance to live in Jensen Beach and Stuart before everything exploded. I'm always going to be fond of that area. For me, it was a sleepy little fishing town, and it kind of represents what Florida was before the development explosion. "

" It's very easy to make a movie that confirms the worst in us. "

" You have to tell a good story first. If it's a good story, people will be interested. It doesn't matter about the content. "

" I frowned just like Winston Churchill on his worst day, and I reminded my father of a judge who had presided over a case... I've been Judge ever since I was two weeks old. "

" I want to do things of significance, things that will inspire people to know how good life can be. "