I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.

I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.

I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

I think everybody reacts to entertainment with a different kind of visceral way, probably mostly based on their own personal experiences.