If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah, I liked his stuff, or for the most part I liked his stuff, or I've enjoyed watching some of the things he's done, that's all…

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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 did plays and movies and whatever all over the place.

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

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

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

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...

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.

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 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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.