There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.

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You learn that not all things fall into a certain kind of pattern that can...

You learn that not all things fall into a certain kind of pattern that can...

If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah,...

If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah,...

I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children.

I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children.

I reached that day that I always thought might happen, where I say to myself...

I reached that day that I always thought might happen, where I say to myself...

When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care...

When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care...

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe...

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe...

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a...

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a...

But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of...

But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of...

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.

For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.

Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody...

Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody...

You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork.

You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's...

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's...

I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.

I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

For the last thirty years in my career I never know what I'm doing next.

For the last thirty years in my career I never know what I'm doing next.

When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there...

When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there...