The final solution for unemployment is work.
I always say that No Ordinary Family was the show that should've been.
I'm fortunate that I've been an athlete, my whole life, and I work out like a crazy person.
It was fun to play that surreal high school life [in Jawbreaker]. I was a huge fan of the movie Heathers. But I think at the time - you know, when the movie was released, it was a very limited release, and it didn't do very well at the box office. And I love the fact that it has found legs and that the audience has kept growing and growing over the years.
The fans are just as passionate about the projects as we are about making them.
I love the fans of genre. Genre fans are the best fans. They're loyal, they're dedicated, and they're passionate about the projects. They get it on a cerebral level. Being a part of that culture and that world. . . It's very gratifying and very fulfilling.
I've had a career where I've bounced around a lot between different genres, and I feel very lucky and very blessed that that's happened to me.
Be thorough in all you do; and remember that although ignorance often may be innocent, pretension is always despicable.
I'm halfway through a novel set in two time frames - Austin in the 1960's and Alpine (Texas) in present day. It started out to be a small, lighthearted, humorous book about family relationships; I was tired of writing war stories and tragedies.
What do you mean, what's the matter with him? Nothing's the matter with him, everything's the matter with him, the same as it is with everybody else. He's just fine. He gets overwhelmed now and then, and he doesn't know how to say what he feels or means, so he cries and runs off a little, trying to find out where to go, for God's sake. Where can you go?
We are so unconscious about our actions that we don't even realize the immense suffering we are causing to animals, the planet, and ourselves.