When I'm pushing myself, testing myself, that's when I'm happiest. That's when the rewards are greatest.

I've not had a mean life.

I was always proud about being from Texas and, you know, maybe that was part of fearlessness. I love the fact that Texas is so big, but you don't feel small because of that.

I listened to that voice inside me-... Everyone has an inner voice; you just have to listen to it and trust it in order to be led by it. I did that, and it gave me the ability to live a life that's true to who I am and what I really wanted.

Banana Splits for Breakfast. I think I ate about five.

Most things in my life I had before leaving home. Values, support, great family. I was shaped at an early age. A musician playing guitar, I wanted to be a folk singer.

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.