In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves.

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It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you...

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you...

Life: my favorite occupation.

Life: my favorite occupation.

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place...

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place...

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I...

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I...

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called...

There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called...

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding...

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding...

The best things in life are usually difficult.

The best things in life are usually difficult.

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and...

Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and...

Movies are movies, television is television.

Movies are movies, television is television.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor...

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor...

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in...

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in...

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto...

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto...

Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that...

Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that...

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25...

I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25...

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!