I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters.

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When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there...

When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there...

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

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

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.

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

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

You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork.

You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork.

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...

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

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

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...

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for...

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for...

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

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

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.

For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.

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.