John Goodman Net Worth

John Goodman's Quotes

• [on his role as a gay construction worker] We'll shoot in Los Angeles, on the same lot where we shot Roseanne. It'll be difficult because I live in New Orleans. But I really enjoy doing sitcoms. You've got 22 minutes a week to put on a new play. It keeps me off the street.
• Doing Roseanne (1988) made me famous. To this day, people will call me "Dan Arnold". They will shout out, "Where's Roseanne?".
• [on his performance in The Babe (1992)] I wish I could do it again. I didn't have enough time to get it right.
• [on how he met and began his relationship with the Coen Brothers] I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona (1987) audition, and we just started joking around. I started going through their résumé pile, looking at actors, and just kinda made myself at home in my obnoxious way. I think they cast me because I had a baby face and that was a motif of the film.
• [on quitting smoking in 2003] I quit a year and a half ago and I turned into a werewolf. I went nuts. I've been smoking since I was in junior high school. I did a couple of episodes of The West Wing (1999) two years ago and I was in the middle of one of these psycho things and turned around and smacked the stage door as hard as I could and my fist immediately swelled up. Thank God I didn't break anything, but that was the last episode I had of nicotine withdrawal.

Interesting Facts about John Goodman

1. Is one of the favorite hosts on Saturday Night Live (1975), hosting it 13 times and making numerous surprise appearances starting with the 1989 season.
2. Became a father for the first time at age 38 when his wife Annabeth Hartzog gave birth to their daughter Molly Evangeline Goodman on August 31, 1990.
3. His first job was as a bouncer.
4. Attended and graduated from Affton High School in Affton, MO, where he played football and dabbled in theater.
5. Received his Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, MO (1975).
6. His first television appearance was for a Burger King commercial in which he had no lines. He only had to bite into a Whopper sandwich with glee.
7. He was regarded as being so crucial to the feature film version of The Flintstones (1994) that the project would have been shelved once he had turned down the role of Fred Flintstone.
8. Has played both the King of England (in King Ralph (1991)) and the President of the United States (in certain episodes of The West Wing (1999)).
9. Dan Conner, Goodman's character on Roseanne (1988), was ranked #13 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [June 20, 2004 issue].
10. Has appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) with Alec Baldwin. Baldwin, who played the role originated by Marlon Brando, has played Robert De Niro on Saturday Night Live (1975). Goodman has played Brando and De Niro on "Saturday Night Live" (1975).
11. Moved to New York City shortly after college and lived in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. Worked as a waiter and bouncer while trying to break into the acting business.
12. In 2005, he was ordered by his doctors to lose a great deal of weight. He referred to this as his biggest challenge since quitting smoking (2003).
13. Was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon national fraternity (Missouri Eta chapter, Southwest Missouri State University).
14. Bought his home in New Orleans, LA, from Trent Reznor, the brain behind the rock band Nine Inch Nails.
15. Was the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) when the show premiered on September 13, 1993.
16. On Inside the Actors Studio (1994), he revealed that of all the projects he has worked on, The Big Lebowski (1998) is his favorite.
17. Had to lose weight in order to play Babe Ruth.
18. Is a huge fan of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
19. Bought a $4.6-million home in Pacific Palisades, CA. [2008]
20. Born to Leslie Goodman Sr, a postal worker (died 1955), and his wife Virginia, a store clerk and waitress, he has a sister, Elisabeth (born after father's death), and a brother, Leslie Jr (14 years senior to John).