It's Always A Good Day When I

I Meet So Many People. I Want To Be Genuine And Open With Everyone, Because When I Was Young And Just Starting Out, I Remember I Was Around People Who Were Successful, And I Thought That Some Were Kind Of Cool Or Off-putting To Their Fans. It Always Really Bothered Me. So I Think I May Sometimes Go Too Far Out Of My Way.

I Don't Think You Have To Be Perfect To Be A Role Model.

We Knew We Were Doing Something That Would Make An Impact, Because Of Francis [ford Coppola], But I Don't Think We Were Surprised By How Well The Movie [the Outsiders] Did, But I Think We Would All Say We Were Surprised At How Well We All Did Coming Out Of It.

She [virginia Madsen] And I Had A Really Long Relationship After That Movie ['class'] I Love Her, And I Can Imagine It Was Not Much Fun To Do That Big Sequence With A Bunch Of Laughing, Ogling Frat-boy Actors. I Mean, Can You Imagine Putting Up With Me, [john] Cusack, Alan Ruck, And Andrew Mccarthy At 18?

[on "john F. Kennedy" Set] Everybody Was Very Interested In The Accent. Even My Collaborators Were Very Curious To Know If I Was Even Going To Do It. And I Was, Like, "you Just Can't Not Do It." I Think Everybody Was Worried That It Was Going To Sound Like The Guy From... Is It The Simpsons?