I certainly knew my father. He just didn't happen to be my biological father.

Staying together is a challenge. We all have to accept qualities in other people that aren't always exactly what we want or need.

Everybody said I was good, but being known and not having a big film success is almost tougher than being completely new. It just kind of turned my life around and was definitely a highlight.

If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!

I've never lost a friend over work. I come from a small-town environment and I remember my childhood impressions that, if you were a conniver or a fink or whatever, everybody knew about it and you were a louse for the rest of your life. So I never lost those values in some way.

Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.

My motto is: more good times.