If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like hes a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that youre on your way into the grave.
My brother is the lifelong musician, he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in bands and listening to the music he was writing in the house - he's nine years older than me.
I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.
If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it.
There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.
I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.
The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.
I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.
There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry.
SixDegrees.org is about using the idea that we are all connected to accomplish something good. It is my hope that Six Degrees will soon be something more than a game or a gimmick. It will also be a force for good, by bringing a social conscience to social networking.
Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.
I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy.
I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through.
Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.
I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself.
As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.
Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
Even the people that support Bush aren't happy with the way things are going in Iraq.
I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.
Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.
Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.
The hardest gig there is in entertainment is to be the lead in an hour show, especially if it's a show that's blood and guts and fighting. It's rough. I love to work, but to do something different is really exciting.
I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.
