Quotes from John Schneider


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When I was a wee little kid, I used to watch 'Dark Shadows' all the time, so I was a Barnabas Collins fan.


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.


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.


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.


I'm a good dad and a fair husband and I work quite a bit. That takes up a fair amount of time.


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.


I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit.


I've been involved in the offering-up-adoption-as-another-choice business for a long time.


It seems like people are more likely to tell you you've gotten too thin than to tell you you've gotten too fat.


It's been a while since I've been to church, but you don't get unborn again.


Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait.


When you boil it down, most movies are message movies. And I think careers are made in message movies.


You can make a really good film for under a million dollars, like 'October Baby,' or under a half million, like 'Hardflip.'


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.