One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me