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" 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
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" 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
" 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
" It's been a while since I've been to church, but you don't get unborn again. "
John Schneider
You
Again
Been
" 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'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
Business
Walk
Christian
" 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
" 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 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
" At the core, I'm a filmmaker and a storyteller. "
John Schneider
Core
Filmmaker
Storyteller
" It seems like people are more likely to tell you you've gotten too thin than to tell you you've gotten too fat. "
John Schneider
Like
More
People
" My biggest change is what is important to me, and what is not. What's worthy worrying about, and what is not. When we're younger, we tend to spend too much time worrying and going over the unnecessary. I'm no longer running the hamster wheel. "
John Schneider
Time
Me
Too Much
" There are young people having babies every day that cannot possibly take care of them, and, as people who believe that every life is beautiful, we need to make them aware of another choice - to give that beautiful life up for adoption. "
John Schneider
Beautiful
Life
Need
" 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
" 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 believe you should be a gentleman, and that's old-fashioned. "
John Schneider
I Believe
You
Gentleman
" When a script like 'Hardflip' comes along, with a real depiction of the rewards of a father-son relationship but also the difficulties of building one, you have my attention. "
John Schneider
Building
Attention
You
" It infuriates me that when people forget what it's like not to be a Christian, and they get into other people's face about their life or their beliefs. It's amazing to me that people feel their relationship is so solid with God that they have enough time on their hands to question mine or to fix mine. "
John Schneider
Relationship
Time
God
" I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit. "
John Schneider
Husband
Good
Fair
" 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
" 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
" 'Gut' was my nickname. And I was picked on terribly by many, many kids. "
John Schneider
Kids
Many
Nickname
" 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. "
John Schneider
College
Beautiful
Young
" Friends don't let friends jump cars. "
John Schneider
Friends
Jump
" I've been involved in the offering-up-adoption-as-another-choice business for a long time. "
John Schneider
Time
Long
Been
" 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. "
John Schneider
Performance
Driving
School
" 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
" Passion is different than desire. People that are successful recognize passion. You have to be willing to work at it. I love the image of pushing a boulder uphill - it will flourish you. "
John Schneider
Desire
Love
Work
" When you boil it down, most movies are message movies. And I think careers are made in message movies. "
John Schneider
Think
Most
Message
" Not many skeletons left in my closet because I invite them to dance all over the front room! "
John Schneider
Because
Dance
Front
" 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