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I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.

I've always had trouble with authority.

My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.

When I was doing 'Family Ties,' I was not quite that mellow as a real father. In fact, my wife used to call me Captain Von Trapp from 'The Sound of Music.' I tended to be a little more authoritarian. I had been a very disciplined child myself, so I made the mistake of thinking one size fits all.

My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence.

My father was a man of few words.