I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

The system is only as good as the person programming it. If you don't have the follow-through, your system is useless. And by the way, it's that way in parenting; it's that way in marriages.

I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.

If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.

So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door.

Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.

I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.