I've Been Around The Movie Business, So

I Really Like Acting Because You Can Create A Character. You Can Make Someone Who Has Never Existed Before. That's Neat.

I'm Really Normal. I Play Football, Go To The Beach, Drive. We Have Dogs. I Can Imagine People Calling Me A Character, But I'm Joe Straight.

I Did My Best Work In The Mosquito Coast. I Know It Wasn't Such A Big Hit, But For Me It Was More Meaningful Than Anything Else I'd Ever Done.

After Stand By Me Came Out, People Were Telling Me, 'you're So Good,' 'you're Going To Be A Star,' And Things Like That. You Can't Think About It. If You Take It The Wrong Way, You Can Really Get High On Yourself. People Get So Lost When That Happens To Them. They May Think They Have Everything Under Control, But Everything Is Really Out Of Control. Their Lives Are Totally In Pieces.

My Life Certainly Hasn't Been Ordinary: Different Is The Word. It Hasn't Always Been Stable - Except In The Important Things Which Are Love And Security Within The Family. Whenever There Were Strains At Home, We Could Always Communicate. The Rule Was That The Younger You Were, The Louder You Were Allowed To Scream. As The Eldest, I Just Talked.