I used to live in Los Angeles, but I didn't want my kids to grow up in the thick of the obsession with movie-making. There's a lot of sensationalism and superficiality. I wanted to take my kids out of that and raise 'em up elsewhere, and I wanted to stop being preoccupied with whether my star is on the rise or the descent. I can't imagine having a much greater life, and I don't want to be preoccupied with things that don't matter. But of course, ironically, my two oldest daughters have decided that they're going to be actresses.

You know you are in love when the two of you can go grocery shopping together.

The only thing that's problematic is the constant explaining, the constant need to kind of go, No, I don't want that because of such and such. I feel like I'm a pain in the ass, and I don't like being difficult.

And Garrison Keillor I think is a fascinating guy and really entertaining.

The only way to get a serious message across is through comedy

And you call yourselves a bowling alley?

The government may change faces from time to time, but it's not like we fight wars for democracy - we fight wars for capitalism and for oil.