My natural self is John Goodman. If I relaxed, I'd be him.

I feel the need to endanger myself every so often.

There are two jobs. There is being an actor, and there is being a celebrity. Some people are really good at both. Some people are really good celebrities and terrible actors, and some people are really good actors and terrible celebrities. Hopefully, I am a really good actor and an OK celebrity.

I love getting on the subway because you get on the car, and you see the entire human race represented in any given subway car.

The creative tension with spirituality vs. practicality in the world of politics is a vital conversation.

I have a farm in Vermont; that's my main residence, where I do lots of digging and mowing, and ride tractors - just so you don't get the wrong idea that I'm too girlie!