One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they're voting on hunger issues.

I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.

It's funny. You succeed, but now where are you gonna go from there? I've got to keep proving that I can laugh or cry more real each time.

Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.

I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.

Once, during an interview in front of my wife, I was asked, "Are you one of those actors who brings your character home? Do you stay in character?" I said, "No, not really. I don't do that," and she started laughing. I asked her why. She said, "Well, you might think you don't bring characters home, but you do." So, while I don't feel like a character is lingering, it probably is.