I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy.

I want you to be nice...until it's time to not be nice.

I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

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.

I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.

If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.

I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.