After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind.

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I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons...

I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons...

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...

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...

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head,...

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head,...

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

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

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a...

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a...

I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.

I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

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

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

In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The...

In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The...

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...

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at...

The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at...

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.

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

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

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,...