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.

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.

A good director creates an environment which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

I have a natural swagger.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.

The greatest justice in life is that your vision and looks tend to go simultaneously.

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.

Everybody's got bills to pay. Sometimes you see people just go straight for the money, and that's disappointing.

There are a few rules in investigations, and one is to never cringe at the person’s appearance that you’re about to pump for info.

Be what you wish to be.

The gods are nothing more than the creations of humans needing something to blame for their problems.

The time I've lost in wooing In watching and pursuing The light that lies In woman's eyes Has been my heart's undoing.

All real change requires risk. You must take risks every day of your life. You must get up each morning and ask...: What can I do that is different?

Family is becoming more and more important to me.

It is time we recognized that the real terrorism is poverty.

The people who I thought would be the hardest to work with were the easiest, and the people I thought would be the easiest were actually the hardest.

Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say.

All birth is unwilling.