I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can. But that’s my life; that’s not my work. With my work, my job is to walk in another man’s shoes.
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.
Before Footloose, the things I’d done weren’t cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
I’m obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.
I’ve made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It’s melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
Here’s the thing – I mean, I don’t act for statues. I really don’t. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities.
I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.
My kids don’t watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.
I’ve been in silly movies and romantic movies and historic movies.
When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.
There are people who tell you to shut up because you’re just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they’re every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren’t any more qualified than the average man on the street.
There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep.
There are two things that create opportunities. One is being involved with something that makes money, and the other is winning awards. And the reason that winning the awards creates the opportunities is because it gives the people who are selling the picture the opportunity to make more money.
I’m a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment’s notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.
When it comes to music, it’s my clothes, it’s my guitar, it’s my voice, it’s my song.
I’m very comfortable being married to an extremely strong, opinionated, and driven woman. But I also sit at the head of the table. I have both of those sides to me.
A lot of people believe in reading reviews. If I get too focused on some detail of what they’ve said about me, I’m going to end up shooting myself in the foot.
A lot of times, the script is the thing they care about least.
After so many years it’s embarrassing to admit that I don’t honestly know how much I want to be directed.
Doing the press, it’s part of my job, so I do it with a smile on my face, but I’m not comfortable in the hot seat.