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8 John Candy Quotes That Will Illuminate Your Mind
Wisdom from a comedy icon.
The man who was born to make people laugh was more serious than we’d think. Candy became an icon, a legend for his 80s and 90s comedic roles, and nobody had a bad word against him.
Roger Ebert told a story about John Candy in his review of Planes, Traines and Automobiles. That’s how it goes:
“One night a few years after “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” was released, I came upon John Candy (1950–1994) sitting all by himself in a hotel bar in New York, smoking and drinking, and we talked for a while. We were going to be on the same TV show the next day. He was depressed. People loved him, but he didn’t seem to know that, or it wasn’t enough. He was a sweet guy and nobody had a word to say against him, but he was down on himself. All he wanted to do was make people laugh, but sometimes he tried too hard, and he hated himself for doing that in some of his movies.”
Even a figure like him, with an undoubtable talent, had his own demons and struggles. As a kid, I grew up watching him goof around, and I only learned later in life that he wasn’t always the happy and joyful clown he played in his films. Not at all. Take his words for it.
1. “Sure, I’m sensitive about my weight. I don’t…
