They didn’t tell me I was going into space until after they locked the shuttle doors and started counting down.

I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon.

Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.

Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.

The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The astronauts or pilgrims, whatever you might call them, are going to be very historically unique human beings.

The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars.

I was lucky enough to have been born on this planet earth, in this admirable country of the United States of America.