That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've just always been a proponent of having a lot of diversity in the shows I've done. I just think that's the world we live in.
My American audiences are pretty mixed. I get all sorts of people, old and young. It's nice.
So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think.
I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.
I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.
I didn't watch a lot of American television growing up. I just liked to read a lot and watch movies - movies, movies, and more movies. My family used to make fun of me because I'd like every movie I saw.
American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring.
If you support diversity and think shows should give a portrayal of what America truly looks like, then performers with disabilities must be included in that equation...People have been very good at being politically correct.
People forget at the time that 'The Simpsons' started out, it was controversial - the fact that they said 'hell' and 'damn' in a cartoon was a lot. America was in an uproar.
I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this.