As an actor for hire, my job is to do some pre-production work for myself. Then my job is to show up and give the best performance I can.

If happiness is what you’re after, then you are going to be let down frequently and be unhappy much of your time. Joy, though, is something else. It’s not a choice, not a response to some result, it is a constant. Joy is “the feeling we have from doing what we are fashioned to do,” no matter the outcome.

I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.

I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that.

Cynicism can be funny. But it's the easy way. You'll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the forward-moving, life-giving choice. Just keep living, man.

Traveling is a great love of mine. I love South America and Africa. I'm your ultimate backpacker when I'm away. It's just me and my backpack. It's good for getting away from the industry.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?