The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.

I still have anonymity, which is great. I can go out anywhere I want and no one ever recognizes me.

For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus.

The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.

I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.

Anybody who's gone through puberty has understood what it feels like to be an outcast and alone.

I had horrible acne when I was a kid. I felt like a complete and utter ne'er do well and someone who didn't fit in and wasn't handsome. So, I understand implicitly, and with a great amount of empathy, a man or human being that feels that way.