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

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

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

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...

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...

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

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.

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

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

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...

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The...

In fact, my son learned his first swear word from E.T. at age five. The...

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...

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...

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...

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 always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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...

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'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...

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 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.