On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

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From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your...

After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your...

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast,...

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast,...

There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.

There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.

Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago.

Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago.

Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.

Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.

You'll be tested every single day. You'll be tested every single day.

You'll be tested every single day. You'll be tested every single day.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

When I go to the garage to pick up my clubs, I clean the spider...

When I go to the garage to pick up my clubs, I clean the spider...

I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

You've got to write for your audience.

You've got to write for your audience.

In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not...

In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not...

To them, the real United States is just flyover country.

To them, the real United States is just flyover country.

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing...

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing...

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the...

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the...

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what...

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what...

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character...

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character...