Carroll O'Connor

Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero.

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed.

One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.

My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot.

As the mother of a grown son with a traumatic brain injury, I couldn't be more excited about the prospect of finding out how to repair even a small part of the damage that changed his life.