I didn't have to do paper routes. I'd sing for 5 bucks a crack at weddings and church functions; I'd have four or five on some Saturdays.

My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all the time.

I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.

It's a joy to work where I live, and come home and sleep in my own bed.

For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.

I pursued a theatre career, and Hollywood came calling.

I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.

I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

And I reminded myself that it's easy to be grateful for the obvious blessings in life, much harder to be grateful for the tough moments and the lessons they teach.

It really comes down to the fact that, because I was perceived as a bad guy for leaving the show, I think people were rooting against the movies. That was really unfortunate.

When our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer—no matter how eloquent the oration.

A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.

Don't forget to vote.

Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.

I’m on the benevolent side of antisocial. I don’t mind people, but I’d prefer not to have a lot of them around.

As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.

There is no need for propaganda to be rich in intellectual content.

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.