A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.
After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind.
All those great, classic shows from the '50s and '60s, and (the syndicators are) still making money (but) the actors aren't.
As a matter of fact, my daughter's godfather is someone I was in third grade with.
Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.
But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone.
Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.
Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.
From the very first laugh at my desperation with the lines, I enjoyed it - I was hooked.
From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.
Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago.
I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.
I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.
I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.
I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.
I tell young actors, especially in L.A., give themselves an extra hour. Show up early and get the lay of the land.
I worked with top directors like John Schlesinger and Richard Attenborough, some of the best directors in the world.
I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.
I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters.
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 way I look at it, E.T. stole a bit of my son's childhood.
In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals.
In school we said the Pledge of Allegiance and in summer marched in parades on streets decorated with American flags.
In showbiz, you've gotta surround yourself with real, down-home people. They'll keep you straight.
It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.
On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.
So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.
So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.
Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.
Take Laurel and Hardy, or Charlie Chaplan - Everyone thinks it's funny when a guy leans down to get water, stands back up, and knocks over an ironing board.
The America I remember from the 1950s and '60s was an America of ma-and-pa stores and a blue-collar middle class.
The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project.
The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see.
There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.
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.
They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.
To them, the real United States is just flyover country.
Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character for seven episodes. Eleven years and 22 Emmys later, Cliff was still sitting at that bar.
We do get residuals (from new media), thankfully.
When I go to the garage to pick up my clubs, I clean the spider webs off.
When you're trying to swim your way to the top, many will try to prevent you from getting there and lead you down bad paths.
You'll be tested every single day.
You've got to write for your audience.
In 1989, John developed packaging alternatives made from biodegradable and non-toxic recycled paper as a safe alternative to Styrofoam "peanuts" and plastic bubble wrap. The first product, Quadra-pack, became an international success with clients including Hallmark, Elizabeth Arden, and Nordstrom.
At first John was going for the role of Norm Petterson, when he felt he wasn't going to get it he made up a character and told the producers about him and then Cliff Clavin was madeup.
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