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I was a good baseball player....

I was a good baseball player. I still play a couple of times a week as part of my daily workout. Just throwing the ball, running around, fielding ground balls, you know. It's better to me than being on a treadmill or some sort of Zumba class.

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You have to really respect wh...

You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they're raising them. You can't push your way into areas where you shouldn't be saying anything. You have to always remember they're not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death - then hand them back.

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All that time, you go, 'God, ...

All that time, you go, 'God, am I slipping away here?' And then something great happens, you get a call, and work begets more work.

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I pride myself in being able ...

I pride myself in being able to survive just about any situation on stage now. I can handle pressure.

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Did you ever reach a point in...

Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself, 'This is the best I'm ever going to look, the best I'm ever going to feel, the best I'm ever going to do,' and it ain't that great?

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Great news! Hosting Oscars co...

Great news! Hosting Oscars counts five hours toward my community service!

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The house as I say ... smelle...

The house as I say ... smelled of brisket and bourbon, so you could hear that. I started imitating them. Phrases came out of that, "Can't you dig that?" "I knew that you would." We were at [Passover] Seders and they were confused with the bitter herbs, "Do we smoke these or do we do we dip them in salt water?" "We dip them in salt water, well that's gonna kill the vibrancy of the weed, you know." So that's what I was around. So I would imitate them. That's where it all started.

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I've always thought that the ...

I've always thought that the key to a good sex life is variety. That's why God gave me two hands. Humans love sex, we need sex, it's how we connect, it reminds us we're alive, it's the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn.

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I quit drinking. That was a b...

I quit drinking. That was a big problem for a lot of years. Then after that, I just started feeling grateful again.

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The truth is, in this age of ...

The truth is, in this age of Instagram and Facebook and Snapchat, we know way too much about athletes - and it's their fault.

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Performing was how I was able...

Performing was how I was able to release this pain I had.

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What life throws at you - you...

What life throws at you - you just have to learn how to hit it, which is a baseball metaphor. The ball's outside, you hit to the right. You don't let them go by.

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My Aunt Sheila was terrifying...

My Aunt Sheila was terrifying! She would put a napkin in her mouth and say, 'You've got something on your face, dear. Let me just scratch that off your face. Let me sand your cheek.'

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I think I've far exceeded wha...

I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do.

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It took five years to get 'Pa...

It took five years to get 'Parental Guidance' made, and it was a fight every second.

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I love Mickey Mantle. Would I...

I love Mickey Mantle. Would I have felt the same if I had known when I was eight years old what I know now?

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My grandparents invented joyl...

My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.

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I never stopped believing in u...

I never stopped believing in us and I never felt like I was wanting for anything, except for my father, and that was not going to be. I describe in the book [that] I don't think I ever felt young again in that way. I never felt I had my 15, 16, 17 kind of years the way I maybe should have. It's a huge dent in you that it's hard to knock out and make it all smooth again.

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Those are all real things that...

Those are all real things that I experienced, not with [my daughters] growing up but with the, you know - I'm trying not to step into something and get a call, "Dad why'd you say that?"! But we'd go to games [where score wasn't kept], and I'd get it, but I wouldn't get it, because I think there's a real value in winners and losers, in not everybody getting a trophy - it makes you work hard, you appreciate what it takes, to say, "Why didn't we win?" You shouldn't be condemned for losing.

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When I've gotten criticism, i...

When I've gotten criticism, it's that it's too long, too soft, didn't hit the government hard enough. Then when I do hit the government, they go, What's he doing hitting the government?

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