One thing that's great about having kids, especially given my career, is that it forces you out of your narcissism. I mean, I'm in a career where my product is me. So it was nice to have something, someone, come along and take the focus off me. I really needed to give myself some distractions from myself.

And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.

Most people in the world have seen more of me on-screen than my kids have.

My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.

Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.

It never occurs to me that I'd be intimidating to anybody. Maybe I should consider that.

I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.