I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.

I've always been a religious guy, but not overly religious. I've always believed in God and Jesus. I pray.

Anybody who knows the public school teacher world knows there's not a lot of money in teaching. You do it because you love what you do.

I like doing movies that have good messages and have good moral backgrounds to them and things like that - and send out positive messages.

Even in the 1960's, look at the minority percent of those kids being raised without a father. It was around 20 percent. America is at 80% today. I think the government is to blame for that. I think the media is to blame for that. I think you have to look at television shows and sitcoms. How do they portray fathers? They are dopey. They are dumb. They are fat. The mom is hot and the kids make fun of dad, and mom makes fun of dad. We have just relegated his role to be sort of the dumpy loser guy. And we need to get that back.

I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.

Work hard, believe in your dreams, follow your dreams, don't give up, don't let failures hold you back. Those things were preached to me. They've taken a firm rooting system in my beliefs and what I'm passing on to my kids.