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" A lot of things haven't changed - clothes and stuff have - but kids keep working after-school jobs and keep getting into terrible trouble in relationships. That's not going to stop. "

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" When you read a play, the words speak to you. When you read a script, there's no way you can tell if that's the way that movie will turn out. "

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" Before 'Animal House' came out to open up a huge market, there just weren't parts for young guys. That genre of film was my ticket in... One of my first jobs was with Bill Murray in 'Stripes.' "

" The message I always received was God is good. You're bad. Try harder. I pretty much kept my hand up at anything that represented God. "

" Personally, I feel that if you shoot off 200,000 rounds, and your lead character pulls out a pistol and never gets hit, there's a sense of jeopardy that's lost. It becomes a little less exciting when things don't make sense. "

" I like movies that project a dilemma of modern men and women who are overwhelmed by the system. "

" I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons. "

" I frowned just like Winston Churchill on his worst day, and I reminded my father of a judge who had presided over a case... I've been Judge ever since I was two weeks old. "

" I want to do things of significance, things that will inspire people to know how good life can be. "

" My first car was a '63 Chevy station wagon that I called Ramona, because that's the sound it made. 'Farm Use' was painted on the back. It was right off the set of 'Hee Haw.' "

" In my movies, I portray this 'Everyman' persona, someone everybody can empathize with. People can identify with a guy like me. "

" I'm really glad I had the chance to live in Jensen Beach and Stuart before everything exploded. I'm always going to be fond of that area. For me, it was a sleepy little fishing town, and it kind of represents what Florida was before the development explosion. "

" My first sex scene - and it was with myself. "

" I didn't get a lot of industry action after 'Fast Times.' "

" I haven't always played nice guys. In 'Gremlins,' I was a conceited, pompous braggart, and I was a redneck chauvinist in the TV movie 'A Matter of Sex.' But I really prefer sympathetic roles. "

" The first show I was in was 'Dracula' in 1975. "

" The day before 'Beverly Hills Cop' opened, I was at a branch of my bank, and the teller asked me for two pieces of identification. Four days after it opened, I was being waved to on the freeway. "

" My father was an attorney. "

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" I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life. "

" I like to watch and perform the kind of comedy that comes out of the situation - where the character is really serious and in a tough situation and doesn't realize that the situation is comic. "

" I'm not the comic innovator that Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy are. I can't just come out with an incredible line. "

" I like very straight comedy. "

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" My first time in front of a camera, I said, 'Wonder Woman, I'm so glad you're here.' That's how I made a living. "

" I was welcomed into some nightclubs in Chicago that no white man's ever been in. "

" I still enjoy a lot of support from the black community. "

" I was spoiled and I was arrogant. I was very demanding, had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for being difficult. And rightfully so. "

" I walked on eggshells a lot. I have a bad self-esteem problem, and my father probably facilitated it. He once looked at me very seriously when I was about 15 and had whipped cream smeared all over myself. He said, 'You'd do anything for a laugh, wouldn't you?' "

" The '80s was a great decade for comedy. "

" I don't put my nose up at anything if the material is good. "

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" People are flooded with information every day, and normal guys everywhere try valiantly to stay up with all the technology. But they can't quite do it. I know how those guys feel. "

" I don't think anybody at the major studios is rushing to offer me a romantic lead. "

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