I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.

The hardest gig there is in entertainment is to be the lead in an hour show, especially if it's a show that's blood and guts and fighting. It's rough. I love to work, but to do something different is really exciting.

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.

I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up on you and telling you when to wake up and when to go to sleep, holding your hand to cross the street. I can do it up to a certain point, and then I start to feel like a puppet.

There's something therapeutic about nudity. Clothing is one of the external things about a character. Take away the Gucci or Levi's and we're all the same. But not when the nanny is around. But I will with my wife and kids.