I'm a very big believer in fate.

By pushing or forcing something upon people, you tend to push people further away.

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.

It's only in the United States that they make a big deal about nudity.

Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not.

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

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!

Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half months and you're four and a half hours by boat from the nearest store, and there's nobody but 30 crew members on the island, I guarantee that you'd be running around without your clothes on.

Larry Hagman was a huge star, and he was carrying my stuff for me.

I LOVE Australia! Its like my second home.

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

I became a very angry person and it was all due to alcoholism.

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

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.