Top 26 Quotes & Sayings by Andy Griffith

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Andy Griffith.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, comedian, television producer, southern gospel singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, and his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) and No Time for Sergeants (1958) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) and Ben Matlock in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995).

American - Actor | June 1, 1926 - July 3, 2012

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Lonesome Rhodes had wild mood swings. He'd be very happy, he'd be very said, he'd be very angry, very depressed, and I had to pull all of these emotions out of myself. And it wasn't easy.

Andy Griffith

There was just something about me she did not like.

Andy Griffith

I'm not as good a singer as I am an actor. So that's why I - the stories I like so much is because I've been a story teller for a long time. I started as a singer and found out I didn't have a very good voice. That's the reason I went into acting.

Andy Griffith

I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky.

Andy Griffith

I was being laughed at. I hated it, so I made an adjustment to control the situation. All comics learn that.

Andy Griffith

I still play that guitar. It's a Martin D-18 with a clear pick guard. I've played that guitar on and off my TV shows for nearly 50 years.

Andy Griffith

If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes - and the camera will see it.

Andy Griffith

Any time I try to play anything that doesn't come natural, I'm just plain bad.

Andy Griffith

Mornin' ladies, my goodness don't you look happy. Must be cuttin' somebody up pretty good.

Andy Griffith

The straight man has the best part. He gets to be in the show and see it, too.

Andy Griffith

Things have changed so much. People walked away from a simple life we had in the '20s and '30s, and I am glad that I am able to touch that period in our lives with the shows that I do and with the music that I do.

Andy Griffith

You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future.

Andy Griffith

I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then, I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older, I realized that I'm walking even closer with my God.

Andy Griffith

I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there were 249 episodes out there of 'Mayberry,' and it was aired every day. It was hard to escape.

Andy Griffith

Well, do a good day's work and act like somebody.

Andy Griffith

Mornin', ladies. My goodness, don't you look happy. Must be cuttin' somebody up pretty good.

Andy Griffith

I sang 'A Closer Walk with Thee' along with blues singer Brownie McGhee, ... Then there was a show where Carol Houston, an actress on 'Matlock' sang 'It Is Well With My Soul' accompanied by a choir. Boy, that was powerful.

Andy Griffith

When a man carries a gun all the time, the respect he thinks he's getting might really be fear. So I don't carry a gun because I don't want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I'd rather they respect me.

Andy Griffith

I am proud of being a Southerner. I wasn't about to let Southerners on my show be stupid or aw-shuckses who just sit on the front porch and spit in the yard. I wasn't about to do that, and I made that very clear from the start. I was kind of the gate-keeper on that stuff.

Andy Griffith

I am proud of my connections to Carolina and pleased to know that some results from a lifetime of work on television, film, stage and recordings will have a permanent home in Chapel Hill.

Andy Griffith

Hymns are companions for life travelers.

Andy Griffith

I firmly believe that in every situation, no matter how difficult, God extends grace greater than the hardship, and strength and peace of mind that can lead us to a place higher than where we were before.

Andy Griffith

Who is going to believe a con artist? Everyone, if she is good.

Andy Griffith

I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then, I have tried to walk a Christian life... And now that I'm getting older, I realized that I'm walking even closer with my God.

Andy Griffith

Whether a man is guilty or innocent, we have to find that out by due process of law.

Andy Griffith

Religion has been an essential part of my life ever since I was baptised. My personal journey with God has been very important throughout my life.

Andy Griffith