You put on a face for the public. The face isn't false; it's just another side of you. If it were false, you couldn't last. People want something real and natural, and if they catch you acting, you're dead. It has to look real. In order to look real, it has to be real, and I've always thought of the characters I've played as real people.

You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

I'm a 'bleeding-heart liberal,' one of those card-carrying Democrats that Rush Limbaugh thinks is a communist. And I'm proud of it.

I don't take success very well, because I know it's fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don't get too high, and I don't get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way.

With the exception of my wife and children, there's nothing I value more than my Oklahoma heritage.

I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.