John C. McGinley

John Christopher McGinley (August 3, 1959–) is an American actor.

McGinley in 2008

Quotes

• There’s a tax that you incur when you use the “N” word or the “F” word, and there are groups, whether it’s the NAACP or gay groups, who will make you pay it. But if you use the “R” word, you’ve picked the most vulnerable target, because people within the intellectual disabilities population are not going to return serve. They aren’t genetically designed to confront you the way other groups do.
  • John C McGinley — Down the Right Path(January 12, 2011)

• Whenever you think you’re better than the words, you’re dead meat. I know actors all the time want to rewrite this, or rewrite that. I guess maybe if you’re some really skilled writer, actor, maybe like Ed Burns or somebody, but most of us you got to hew to the words. You got to hew to what’s on the page. And if you sprinkle in some of your sensibilities, that’s great and all that, but I love being a soldier of the words. That’s my thing. It always has been.
  • John C. McGinley Talks ‘Benched’, Broadway and the Secret to His Long Career (August 17, 2018)