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Often appeared in films written and/or directed by John Hughes and Steven Spielberg

Often worked in a dance in his movies (Spaceballs, The Great Outdoors, even The Rescuers Down Under)

Often played good-hearted slobs

His large girth

His role as Uncle Buck

In a 2004 interview Steve Martin stated that at the time of John's death Steve was going through a divorce, so he briefly moved in with John's widow and children to help them out through this tough time and to get away from his soon to be ex-wife.

According to Eugene Levy, John Candy was so beloved that when the procession was heading to the cemetery where John was interred, he looked over and saw that there was no traffic on the 405 Freeway and that police officers were stationed at the on-ramps holding traffic. When he asked a police officer what was going on, he was informed that the decision to stop traffic was up to the LAPD. Further, the only other times they stopped traffic was for Presidential motorcades and when the Pope visited Los Angeles.

Turned down repeated offers to join Saturday Night Live (1975), citing devotion to his fellow Second City TV (1976) cast members.

He turned down Wayne Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Louis Tully in घोस्टबस्टर्स (1984) because he felt his good friend Rick Moranis was better suited for the parts.

According to Catherine O'Hara, just before going to Mexico Candy talked to her on the phone and told her that he feared going to Mexico because he felt that "something bad is going to happen there".

I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.

[on घोस्टबस्टर्स (1984)] Harold [Ramis] had called and things just didn't go well with the negotiations on it. We didn't see eye to eye on certain things and the rest is history. But Rick [Moranis] did a great job with it.

[on Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)] It offered me a lot of different characters to play and it was a lot of fun.

[on Uncle Buck (1989)] In the movie, Uncle Buck doesn't talk down to these kids. And I think that's why they like him. He treats them as an equal.

I've been taking shots at Tri- Star for their non-campaign of Who's Harry Crumb? (1989). I mean, good God, there's a team for ya. They sunk the picture and all got promotions for it.