Commander! Sir! Wake up!"
Jack surfaced from sleep, wondering who the commander was and wishing he'd respond so he could go back to sleep - until he remembered that he was the commander.


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The idea of having a steady job is appealing.
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I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second f...
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Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier.
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Tweets? That stuff kills conversation. And people taking pictures with their phone or recording you,...
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You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dan...
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I love kids, but they are a tough audience.
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I don't have a college degree, and my father didn't have a college degree, so when my son, Z...
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Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.
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I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was...
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When Jonathan Winters died, it was like, 'Oh, man!' I knew he was frail, but I always though...
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A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys.
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I bought one of the first Nintendo systems and brought that home, and we were playing 'Legend of...
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I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of be...
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I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out.
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One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter ...
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I think 'Dead Poets' was probably my favorite, just to get started with the idea of doing a ...
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I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
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I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.
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Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to cre...
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Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
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Reality: What a concept!
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If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?
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If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.
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What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong.
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Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.
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The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field...
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In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski...
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We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.
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Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, ...
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My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive -...
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I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.
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Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money.
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Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.
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When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'
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You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks.
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I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.
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Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You've got to - you've got ...
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I only ever play Vegas one night at a time. It's a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end o...
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I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of ...
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A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills - no, no. They...
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We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.
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