People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.
There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.
People think celebrities don’t have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It’s like you’ve traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country.
I love dogs. They live in the moment and don’t care about anything except affection and food. They’re loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.
One of the scary things is that, when you’re a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you’re an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too.
I’m constantly amazed by the ability a child has to show sympathy, to read emotions, to get to the heart of any situation. It’s unfiltered and completely inspiring.
It’s not someone else’s responsibility to honor my marriage. It’s my responsibility.
The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be – and when they’re not, we cry.
I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.
The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.
I’m always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though.
Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn’t call myself a poet.