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.

I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do.

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.

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?"

It used to kind of upset me when I'd be working on a part in my hotel room, and I'd get an idea for a song and find myself on the guitar for an hour when I should be working on my lines. But I've discovered that when I start to shake up my creativity it wants to be expressed in all kinds of different ways. They all kind of inform each other.

One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal that is literally within our grasp.

You have that Frank Capra kind of side to it and the characters are really well drawn, so I think everybody tried their best to stay faithful to the script.