My father was very big on marriage.

Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.

I don't very often read novels.