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"I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then."
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"I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive."
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"I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having."
Experience
"I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then."
Father
"One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge."
Thought
"My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of."
Mother
"My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it."
Living
"I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way."
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"I think that the day you've figured out the differences between women and men is the day that you're no longer attracted to women. It's the difference that is so fantastic and frustrating and angering, and really sexy."
Men
"I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press."
People
"Youth is an amazing thing: I think back on when we did The Lost Boys, and I didn't think I could do anything wrong."
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"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."
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"A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad."
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"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"
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"My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do."
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"Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to."
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"I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes."
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"My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic."
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"Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective."
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"I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great."
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"My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad."
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