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

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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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

There's now a Fat Tony doll, which cracks me up. But you feel honored that...

There's now a Fat Tony doll, which cracks me up. But you feel honored that...

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...

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,...

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 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'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.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken.

They put me in the drama class, and that's the path I've taken.

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.

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

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

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...