My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.

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.

All dreams of empire end because day breaks in the hearts of the slaves used to build it.

Psychologists cannot fix the world so they fix women.

Savor the starry night, your child's laughter, the morning walk, the nightly study, the daily routines and the bold espresso.

I try to stay in decent shape.

Thou shalt not transgress the carrying capacity

I know of only three people who really understand money. A professor at another university. One of my students. And a rather junior clerk at the Bank of England.

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.

Never, never let a person know you're frightened. And a group of them ... absolutely never. Fear brings out the worst in everybody.

All we really have here on this earth is those who love us.

Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.