Top 32 Quotes & Sayings by John Candy

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Last updated on September 19, 2024.

John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its Second City Television (SCTV) series, and through his appearances in comedy films, including Stripes (1981), Splash (1984), Summer Rental (1985), Spaceballs (1987), The Great Outdoors (1988), Uncle Buck (1989) and Cool Runnings (1993), as well as more dramatic roles in Only the Lonely and JFK. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the talkative shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy film Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987).

Canadian - Comedian | October 31, 1950 - March 4, 1994

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I was a confused young man. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

John Candy

I don't dream about the perfect script, though I check my mailbox every morning.

John Candy

I think NBC bought SCTV because it was developing a nice cult feel.

John Candy

I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it.

John Candy

My big break down here was working with Steven Spielberg in '1941.' It was a very small role, as Corporal Foley, who was part of the tank crew with Dan Aykroyd.

John Candy

I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.

John Candy

I probably took on the father role, as children will. I know I did.

John Candy

I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you.

John Candy

Your intention going in is to do the best you can. You go in and do your work, day to day, the best you can. But it's entirely up to the director and the editor and the producers and the studio how it turns out.

John Candy

Sure, I'm sensitive about my weight. I don't do fat jokes.

John Candy

You don't pay an actor to act. An actor will do that for free because we love to act. You pay an actor to wait.

John Candy

I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.

John Candy

The loss of my father left a great emptiness in my heart.

John Candy

I don't watch my movies. I just get too critical of myself.

John Candy

Our audience for SCTV was older than today's moviegoers, and with the cost of making movies being what it is today, it's hard for the studios to take the kind of risks we took.

John Candy

Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.

John Candy

I would come home and re-create every movie. Our backyard became a battleship, a war zone, a western town.

John Candy

My salary for 'Splash' was $350,000. I got about $800,000 for 'Summer Rental.' So, yes, I thought, 'Well, here's a chance to get some furniture for the house and some clothes for the kids.'

John Candy

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

John Candy

I was the sixteen-year-old driving everyone to bingo and shopping. It was quite a responsibility. It made me the man in charge of a lot of things.

John Candy

My first movie role was a supporting performance in a Canadian film called 'Final Lady.' It was a great opportunity for me at the time.

John Candy

You can escape into a character.

John Candy

If you're not happy without it, you'll never be happy with it.

John Candy

I thought to myself, "Join the army!" It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.

John Candy

I'm a mog: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!

John Candy

You know, the finest line a man will walk is between success at work and success at home.

John Candy

Six bucks and my right nut says we're not landing in Chicago.

John Candy

Like your job. Love your wife.

John Candy

You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right. I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me. I'm not changing. I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.

John Candy

As long as you can savor the humorous aspect of misery and misfortune, you can overcome anything.

John Candy

Hey, I stopped smoking cigarettes. Isn't that something? I'm on to cigars now. I'm on to a five-year plan. I eliminated cigarettes, then I go to cigars, then I go to pipes, then I go to chewing tobacco, then I'm on to that nicotine gum

John Candy

Wherever you go in the world, you just have to say you're Canadian and people laugh

John Candy

Top 32 Quotes & Sayings by John Candy

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