We live in America,' he said. 'Everyone who speaks English understands you. How they interpret you is something else.

I spent a year in a 12-step program, really committed, because I could not believe what had happened - that I might have killed myself.

I'm very sane about how crazy I am.

Me being an actor was an accident, and not something I wanted to do, because I knew what happened eventually. Yeah, maybe you'd get famous, but then you wouldn't be famous anymore. Then you'd have to scramble to get back to where you were, and chances are, you wouldn't.

When my brother, Todd [Fisher], was born my father was already with Elizabeth [Taylor]. I was 19 or 20 when I first spent a block of time with him.

Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful.

You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.