The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.

I'm not real good at romance.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family.

You know, I thought we could use a good myth about technology to help guide us through these particular modern waters right now.

I know how to dance with the wind, I can use its power by sailing this way, then that way, and again this way, till finally I get to you. With rowing, you're working primarily with your arms and shoulders. But with sailing, you're making bigger use of the wind and the waves.