I wouldn't eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars.

Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in.

What I have got from my childhood aren't toys, but memories. And happy memories are better than any toy.

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 would get songs sung to me, like 'Old Man River, 'or kids would call me Mississippi and things like that. At the time, I wished I had a name that blended in more with my surroundings. Now, though, I've really learned to love it. From fifteen, I really liked it. It felt appropriate. Before that, I don't think it quite fitted me. I had to grow into it.

I've always felt somewhat out of place with other kids my own age", said River. "I was constantly reminded by people's reaction to our names and our diet that we seemed weird to them.

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