I`m no longer going to play thugs or debauched cops that I can`t possibly make complex characters. I`m bigger than that. I owe too much to too many good people at the Goodman, Arena and Playwrights Horizons.
Isaiah Washington
[On The Blues Brothers (1980) sequel] "Basically they gave us the budget to make the film. We got paid zero. I wanted James Belushi to play the part Joe Morton did, but he was doing a TV show and couldn`t do it. But Morton did a great job and John Goodman...
Dan Aykroyd
We call it swing jazz, ... Think Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman-style stuff. I grew up with those people around me. So it`s natural that that is what I like doing.
John Pizzarelli
It was by listening to Goodman`s band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.
Alvin Lee
I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I think it made a big impression on me.
Val Kilmer
I am just running to keep her [Goodman] on her toes, so she won`t forget what else is important in this ward - not just condo building.
Christopher Clark