People get up, they go to work, they have their lives, but you'll never see the headlines say, 'Six billion people got along rather well today.' You'll have the headline about the 30 people who shot each other.

People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on.

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

I grew up in a big family. You have to learn to get along with each other... get things done as a family.

I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are.

I know for a fact that a lot of actors are desperate and unhappy if their careers are not progressing at what they think is the correct rate. They just go crazy if they're not working. I don't feel I'd be that way. You can always get a few people together and put on a play. Maybe not in New York or L.A., but in a lot of other towns, you can.