I'm always playing these mendacious characters who end up hoisting themselves by their own petard.

I didn't want to be a hero to kids; I didn't think I had that. I just wanted to be popular.

There isn't a single business where anybody feels secure.

Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes of the '50s.

Before Grease 2, I was called the next Richard Gere, then after Grease 2, nobody would touch me.

I wondered why I hadn't realized before that art was hard because you had to recreate not merely the scene but the way it soared into your soul and changed you.

There were many tears, many unsure times, many troubled moments. The fun memories were only a few, but even so, those memories will shine bright like stardust, and continue to shine on in my heart.

I guess what scares me the most now is the thought that I won't be able to protect you

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

Faith is a term that makes ignorance sound like a virtue

Inside, we are ageless and when we talk to ourselves, it’s the same age of the person we were talking to when we were little. It’s the body that is changing around that ageless center.

Do not elicit your child's political opinions. He doesn't know any more than you do.

A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with the idea of listening at all.

I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral.