I'll make a diet cheesecake, but I'll put it in a Sara Lee box. Or I'll have a huge bowl of pasta, but it's actually just a cup of pasta - the rest is vegetables. It makes me feel less deprived.

I had a great childhood, a very close-knit family. We were all overweight, and we had good times eating together, I imagine.

When my parents died they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases; one being diabetes.

The way to deal with the devil of obesity and diabetes is literally one day at a time.

I also have a degree in marriage, family and child counseling - I'm a therapist.

Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health.

I tell people I'm on a diet. If somebody sees me with a muffin, they'll think I'm off my diet. It's like secret little police that I've made for myself.

The first thing I did on my diet was take the batteries out of the remote control and make myself get up and change the channel. That's probably the hardest exercise I did.

One of the key things I did to stay on my diet is I never allowed myself to get hungry. As soon as I got hungry, I'd eat healthy foods.

You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

But Fin would always be a bit of a romantic, at least when it came to books.

My body is a reflection of who I am.

Sleep is the best meditation.

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.

When a critic knows what she or he is looking at and writes revealingly about it, it's sublime.

I want to do more independent film. I'm blessed to be working on really quality episodic television, which to me actually feels like a sort of 13-hour film.

Reworking other tracks is also quite cool.