I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.

Sometimes a movie encapsulates a period or a moment in all of our lives in such a way that it never dies.

All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, be nice.

I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.

Life sure has a sick sense of humor, doesn’t it?

To be honest, I've made a game out of trying to live through my James Dean, Janis Joplin, Freddie Prinze, Jim Morrison period, those demons that we all have that we're either successful or not at making work for us rather than destroy us.

You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.