John Ritter Quotes

John Ritter — American Actor born on September 17, 1948, died on September 11, 2003

Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter was an American actor, best known for his role of Jack Tripper in the ABC sitcom Three's Company, for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award in 1984. He was the son of the late singing cowboy star Tex Ritter, and the father of actors Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter... (wikipedia)

Most people don't know that I am an accomplished dramatic actor... But I've performed in several Shakespeare productions including Hamlet, except in this version, Hamlet lives in an apartment with two women, and has to pretend he's gay so that the landlord won't evict him.

I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying because you're just pretending to be yourself much like I'm doing now.

Once during a taping there was an actor who kept blowing his lines. It happened again and again. Finally Norman Fell came out-he wasn't even in that scene. But Norman came out and you know what he did? He killed the guy with a hammer.

If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be playing the theme song from 'Three's Company'.

Me a TV star? I've got to be the luckiest guy in the world.

John Ritter Quotes

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