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

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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.

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.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

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...

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...

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.

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'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...

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

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

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

You've got to write for your audience.

You've got to write for your audience.

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...