John Cullum Quotes & Sayings

“My father was a businessman. We had discussions about honesty and dishonesty.”

“Advertising is a wonderful lubricant for business, if it's used properly.”

“There was a time I wouldn't fly to California if I had to spend the night. Can you believe it? I would not fly to California, the phrase was, 'if the sun has to set on me.' I just had prejudices against it.”

“After serving in the Korean War, I actually started working towards a master's degree in finance.”

“I could make thousands of dollars in Broadway musicals, but among the best experiences I had was doing 'Hamlet' in Milwaukee and a version of 'Cyrano' that my wife wrote for me on a bus-and-truck tour.”

“I always wanted to act, but never thought of it as something serious to do.”

“I sing the 'Star Spangled Banner,' so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.”

“I was married to a dancer who had a dance company in New York City, and she toured.”

“You scratch a preacher a little bit, and you'll get an actor.”

“I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also going to musical auditions because the agent I had insisted I go to them.”