The thing you have to understand is that there are only so many things you can do in a year. There are only so many days in a year. There is only so much time you can set aside for certain projects.

With my son, I work very hard to keep him away from the press and media and I want an opportunity for him to lead as normal a life as possible.

People always want to pin yesterday's news on you, as opposed to asking you what you're going to do for the future, what you're doing today.

I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.

It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of a manipulative demon. That's the mystery of heroin.

I've been labeled all my life.

My addiction has always been beautiful women, being surrounded by them.