Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in.

I have my prized possession in my wallet. That's a photograph of the first words I ever uttered to my wife, and her answer to my question when I asked her, "Will you go out with me?"

Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.

Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself.

If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads.

I had success as an actor relatively early. When I was 22, I got nominated for an Academy Award for The Last Picture Show, so that road, you know, had the least resistance. I was doing my music all that time, but it's pretty hard to turn down these great movie offers. And my father counseled me; he said, "You know, one of the wonderful things about acting is that you can incorporate all of your interests into the different parts you play." I'm glad I listened to the old man, because that's the way it turned out.