I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts.

Harshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not following through. That's harsh. Telling some guy or some girl who've got zero talent that they have zero talent actually is a kindness.

As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.

Well, it's basically the viewers who determine it. We - well, basically the producers and myself chose the people we felt had the best reaction, you know, through the press, the Internet, the people we thought deserved a second chance. And they've chosen a winner, I believe.

No, what I am doing is kind by telling people who are useless, "Do something that you're good at".

Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television.

I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time.... I was born to be a dad.