It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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...

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

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

You've got to write for your audience.

You've got to write for your audience.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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'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.

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast,...

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast,...

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

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