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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

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

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

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable...

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable...

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,...

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...

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...

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...