Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks.

Well, youre not incorrect on either front, because absolutely, there are children here in this country that need help as are everywhere in the world.

Its a way for you to support the children by sending pencils, beanie babies or soccer balls. That all started because of one of those convoys I was on.

While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more.

It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.

I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.

You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.

But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.

I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.

The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to do movies but I didnt want to go to Hollywood and become a waiter in the meantime. The chances are really slim that an actor will be discovered in Hollywood. ... Ive never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.

I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.