I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

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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...

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

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

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.

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...

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable...

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable...

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'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.

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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 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.

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the...

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the...

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.

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.

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...