For the last thirty years in my career I never know what I'm doing next.

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There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.

There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children.

I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah,...

If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah,...

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's...

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's...

When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care...

When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care...

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place.

I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place.

But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of...

But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of...

You learn that not all things fall into a certain kind of pattern that can...

You learn that not all things fall into a certain kind of pattern that can...

They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken.

They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken.

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe...

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe...

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a...

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a...

I reached that day that I always thought might happen, where I say to myself...

I reached that day that I always thought might happen, where I say to myself...

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody...

Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody...

I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.

I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.