Actor John Ratzenberger Slams Hollywood's Portrayal Of Skilled Workers

Actor John Ratzenberger, known for his roles on the television sitcom "Cheers" and "Toy Story," argued that Hollywood doesn’t portray skilled workers correctly during an appearance on FOX Business' "Varney & Co." 

"Time and again, you see movies and Hollywood shows with skilled tradespeople as being idiots or being lesser than everybody else," Ratzenberger told host Stuart Varney on Tuesday. "And why would a young person seeing that… want to do that?"

But in reality, Ratzenberger explained, tradespeople possess skills they could take "anywhere in the world and get a job the next day."

"So if you're an electrician, a bricklayer, if you could bake a cake, you've got a skill that you own," Ratzenberger said.

Before becoming a professional actor, Ratzenberger said he made a living as a carpenter after being introduced to the craft in school shop classes.

"When I was growing up, we had shop classes and I got a taste of carpentry and I gravitated towards it," he said, "and low and behold, that's how I made a living between acting jobs."

Ratzenberger said there has been a lack of young and ambitious skilled workers since many schools eradicated shop class and vocational programs.

"We didn't give them a taste of what it's like working with your hands," he said.

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