Ed O'Neill

I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.

I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.

In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.