I Think Parenting Is A Huge Responsibility.

[on Being An Actor] .nothing More Than A Worker In A Service Occupation . It's Like Being A Waiter Or A Gas Station Attendant, But I'm Waiting On 6 Million People In A Week If I'm Lucky.

I Found Out That Drama Was A Fascinating Exercise As A Way To Get Out Of My Self And Into Somebody Else's Head.

American Graffiti Was The First Movie Where The Director Let Me Have Any Input. It Was The First Time Anyone Ever Listened To Me. George Thought My Character Should Have A Crew Cut, But I Wasn't Happy With That Idea. I'd Always Had Pretty Long Hair Back Then - In College, Particularly - So I Told George My Character Should Wear A Cowboy Hat. George Thought About It And He Remembered A Bunch Of Guys From Modesto, California, Who Cruised Around, Like My Character, And Wore Cowboy Hats, So It Turned Out That It Actually Fit The Movie.

The Environment Has Become A Political, Polarizing Issue.

I Came Across The Script [42], And I Read It, And I Said, "i Really Want To Do This." And When I Had My Agent Call, They Said, Ah, You Know, It's Not What They're Looking For. So, Ok. And Then I Let It Go For A While, And Then It Just Kept Gnawing At Me, So I Kept Pushing.