In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.

All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and distance myself from it.

You know I got kicked out of high school and I used to go to Hendrix concerts. I used to go see Marvin Gaye and B.B. King and so here I am on television as an actor playing the part of this really sweet wholesome all American boy. The reality was I had a much different kind of teenage life.

I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.

I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.