I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.

When you're really close to someone, they can make fun of you a lot and get away with it. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places.

I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.

I learned from my past, and I now employ those lessons going forward, looking to the future - don't you think it's about time our government did, too?

Very little makes me feel vulnerable these days. I hit my absolute apex of vulnerability when I returned to my home state of Louisiana, during the Gulf oil spill disaster, and witnessed mass devastation to every demonstration of life surrounding me - from grass, trees, bayous, insects, to animals and people - we all felt demolished.

Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.

What I've started to realize is that social media is not just technology - it's become its own entity, full of energy waves. These energy waves could be a Tweet about something you are furious about, like the Keystone Pipeline, or a piece of legislation. Instantly, energy surrounds and adds traction, influence, making it come alive