So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

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

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

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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.

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what...

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what...

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...

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...

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 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 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.

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

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

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...

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

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

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

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 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.

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.

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'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.

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

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