I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it's all make-believe.

I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.

When you're acting you always want to come across as if you're not acting. For me, my take is always to have it feel like you're watching someone on film and that comes with a lot of preparation time.

Please don't take a turn to negative town.

I'm a horrible golfer.

The thing about Chicago is that it really isn't like any other place. The architecture and the layout of the city are the best. I'm from the Midwest, and consider myself a Midwesterner. I feel most at home there. I love California. I have great friends in California. I just have always considered Illinois to be home.

If you've been on the covers of some magazines and been in a few movies that have been seen by people, for some reason, women seem to be drawn to you.