Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.

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.

It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo. I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous.

I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.

There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry.

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.