If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective.

I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture.

Now it seems like people want to do damage to young celebrities. They want to find them doing bad things. They encourage them.

If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two.

If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective.

My favorite pastime is to write.

Well, anything you want to make public is your public business.