Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received.
I had been a ballet dancer and never could make a living, and just being so excited that I got to, all of a sudden, live as an actor.
As you get older, you have to fix your insides, because your face naturally gets a little crabby-looking, so if you're thinking mean thoughts, you look doubly mean when you get older. You can't hide it.
One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!
'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.
Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' was a perfect song. It was so beautiful and so heartfelt. Her vocals were so amazing. And, for me, that was a song I went to when I was feeling sad and wanted to feel even sadder.
It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years.