On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

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I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...