I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

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.

Today’s happiness depends on yesterday’s choice, just as today’s choice will determine tomorrow’s happiness.

Mind isn't as serious as my mind makes it out to be.

Neither compares nor competes. Be creative.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

Faith is to believe what you do not see the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Poetry is the purest form of insanity.

I've never been a big gore guy.

Life is a series of a thousand tiny miracles.

As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.

I think it [getting a gun] should be like getting a pilot's license. I think you should require training to get a license to have a gun.