Everybody wants to be like everybody else.

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!

I'm a very big believer in fate.

I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.

You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.

I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.

Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?

Now I'm growing and I can see my faults. I can look at myself objectively and say I can't blame anyone else; it was my own damn fault.

I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.

Nothing great was ever achieved without a personal sacrifice. You have to pay the price to realize your goals.

Forgiving and being forgiven frees our souls and lightens our load.

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.

I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people.

When I read, I'm purely a reader

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

Instead of hiding your loneliness, bring it into the light. Honor it. Treat it. Heal it. You'll find that it returns the favor.

The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.

People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go.

Even from the first it is meek to seek the impossible.