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

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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.

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

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

You've got to write for your audience.

You've got to write for your audience.

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...

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.

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,...

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 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.

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...

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...

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.

Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.

Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.