I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.

I can't bear looking in the mirror - I guess that's why my hair looks like this.

I was always the Southern gentleman.

I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.

I've always dreamed of having a large family.

I definitely didn't want to be that person that came out and was like, 'O.K. I'm going to lead every parade.

I'm still Christian. I was not raised in a Christian church to hate people. I was taught to love people and accept people. I know what I believe.

At some point in our lives there's something about every one of us that makes us feel like an outsider, I believe.

Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.

In my older age, I've learned to take things slower, because I used to be that total-fall-in-love-after-a-day guy.

I think everyone dreams of that nice romantic wedding.

Follow your heart

What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.

To be sure, the Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom, even when it takes you through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. Just watch out for parasites.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome trying to succeed.

Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect or extent of knowledge.

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who truly loves her.

Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut.

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.

I sit back on my bed cross-legged and find myself rubbing the smooth iridescent surface of the pearl back and forth against my lips. For some reason, it’s soothing. A cool kiss