In simplicity there is truth.

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

I'm really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I'm Joe Straight.

I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings.

Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.

It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house.

After Stand By Me came out, people were telling me, 'You're so good,' 'You're going to be a star,' and things like that. You can't think about it. If you take it the wrong way, you can really get high on yourself. People get so lost when that happens to them. They may think they have everything under control, but everything is really out of control. Their lives are totally in pieces.