Gerald McRaney Quotes

United States, Actor
August 19, 1947

Gerald Lee McRaney is an American television and movie actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. He was a series regular in the first season of Jericho and the final season of Deadwood. He appeared in a recurring role as main antagonist Mason Wood in season eight of Castle. He has a recurring role in the NBC series This Is Us as Dr. Nathan Katowski, a role which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Recently, he played Barlow Connally in the A&E series Longmire.

The stated mission at the time was simply to use the influence of the entertainment industry to do an accurate portrayal of drug and alcohol abuse. We all admit that we're not trying to censor anybody.

Gerald McRaney
Even though I smoke, just because I'm a dumbass doesn't mean anyone else has to be.

Gerald McRaney
- To Be
- Smoke
- Dumbass

Again, like I said, we're not trying to censor anyone. If you think drugs are cool, fine. Make that movie. We are not going to stop you, or try to stop you, but we would encourage other people to be a bit more responsible about their portrayal of drug usage.

Gerald McRaney
- Movie
- Drugs
- Censor
If you would be just as content winning a local Golden Gloves fight as you would making a pile of money as a professional, then fine, go become a boxer. But if the whole idea is for you to get rich, my God, stay in school and learn a profession.

Gerald McRaney
- School
- Fight
- Rich
In Hollywood you can't even smoke in a bar anymore and yet in the movies they're always showing people smoking. I don't get it.

Gerald McRaney
- Movies
- Smoke
- Bar
People don't turn away from an attorney sitting in a wheelchair. If the guy has got the reputation for being the best attorney around, that's who you go with. But in show business, for some reason they're still reluctant to say an attorney or a physician or an interior decorator can be in a chair, or on crutches, or blind or any of the other things.

Gerald McRaney
Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state.

Gerald McRaney
- Dad
- State
- Moved
What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt.

Gerald McRaney
- Know
- Boxing
- Gossip

We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or removes some of the cigarette smoking on television.

Gerald McRaney
- Actors
- Forces
- Chasing
I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept.

Gerald McRaney