There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.

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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.

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 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...

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,...

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.

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.

You've got to write for your audience.

You've got to write for your audience.

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 always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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

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

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...