Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there’s only one thing that money can’t buy – poverty.
If you’re not having fun – I don’t care what you’re doing – don’t do it. Move on. Find something else, life’s too short.
I never realized that growing up in Brooklyn, flying jets, working on Wall Street and starring in a sci-fi series was the prerequisite for the fast-paced demands of talk radio. But, if that’s what it takes to succeed, I’m glad I did it all.
I was 35 years old and in a position to take a shot at whatever I wanted to try. The Air Force said I was too old to fly fighter jets. I thought about becoming a fishing boat captain, before deciding that acting seemed pretty cool.
When you’re 23, 24 years old and somebody’s given you a credit card and jets and limos and you don’t have to pay the bill when it comes in – that’s a pretty nice deal.
I was never really sure what I wanted to do – I’m in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.
When my dad first started out in the police force, wearing the uniform was a sense of pride, and it was respected in the community for what the police force was all about. Unfortunately today, the uniform is a target.
A large part of the people in Hollywood are sheep – and I don’t say that unkindly, I say that politically – if Spielberg and Streisand and Geffen and the others were Republicans tomorrow, you would see a shortage of paper to try and change registrations.
We have common enemies today. It’s called childhood poverty. It’s called cancer. It’s called AIDS. It’s called Parkinson’s. It’s called Muscular Dystrophy.
I’m not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I’m sure I ever want to grow up. I’m sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it.
I call it like I see it. I don’t hold back when it comes to being candid on the hot issues.
I believe in financial retirement. I don’t necessarily believe in physical retirement.
Five days a week my body is a temple; the other two, it’s an amusement park.