If I screw up raising my kids, nothing I achieve will matter much.

I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer player. I also listen a lot to Sirius Radio, there's a lot of bluegrass there.

When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.

Unlike Ray Porter, his love is fearless and without reservation.

Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and having to stay alert and concentrated. Maybe that keeps your mind alive.

There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.

The Apple Pie Hubbub was a significant novel for me, because that's when I first started using verbs.