I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present.

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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.

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you...

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you...

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...

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

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

I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal....

I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal....

Life: my favorite occupation.

Life: my favorite occupation.

Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to...

Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to...

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...

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter...

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter...

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

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...

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being...

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being...

I never get involved with the ladies I work with.

I never get involved with the ladies I work with.

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.

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college;...

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college;...

We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around...

We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around...

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the...

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the...

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...