Carroll O'Connor

“Archie's bigotry was really a form of ignorance. He wasn't a hater, he was just a man who was afraid of anything he didn't understand.”

“There's no doubt that Archie is a bigot. But he's a lovable bigot.”

“The show was a great success, but it was also a great burden. Everybody wanted a piece of Archie.”

“The whole point of Archie was to hold a mirror up to our society.”

“I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I'm a character actor.”

“People see me on the street and they expect me to be Archie Bunker. I'm not. I'm just an actor who played a part.”

“Retirement? I don't know what that word means.”

“The biggest part of my life was the acquiring of wisdom.”

“Get a college degree. No matter what you do in life, it'll help you.”

“I was considered a political actor. I was a liberal, and I still am.”

“My son, Hugh, had a terrible drug problem. It killed him. I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying to get the drug dealers who sold him the drugs.”

“I don't think I'll ever get over it. You never get over the death of a child.”

“Comedy has to be based on truth. You take a truth and you exaggerate it.”

“I'm an actor, and I'll take any good part that comes along.”

“It's one thing to have a hit. It's another thing to have a hit that big. It was like being struck by lightning.”