Devoted Christian Mr. T grew up with a strict mother who instilled in him a sense of morality he couldn’t waver from, even for an enormous paycheck. In the video above, the “I Pity The Tool” star tells HuffPost Live’s Marc Lamont Hill about how wanting to please his mother guided the decisions in his career, including the time he turned down $1 million to star in a beer commercial in Japan.

Watch the full HuffPost Live conversation with Mr. T here.

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