It's the media that take an isolated incident and make it a deciding factor in a presidential campaign, as opposed to the real issues, like abortion, the homeless, the deficit. The same is true with actors and their lifestyles.

I was not familiar with the book [before filming in The Outsiders] , though. Interestingly, The Outsiders had not reached the point where it is now, where it's required reading in sixth and seventh grades. In my sixth and seventh grade, we did not, but today everyone does.

In school, I had two or three best guy friends, but mostly if I was just hanging, I'd like to talk to the girls, because they were more interesting. I think they were smarter.

I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.

People are human. There's such a premium today on being perfect. That's just not the way people are.

You wouldn't want somebody in office who hasn't experienced life.

Every relationship has its complications.