There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful.

I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the women's movement.

All my friends' mothers were appalling women.

I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.

My family is the most important thing in my life.

My mom, Cheryl, worked two jobs to support me. She really helped the family stay together.

My family is blue-collar - coal miners and steelworkers. My father was an automobile mechanic, and us boys were brought up to work. I used to pump gasoline at 11 cents a gallon. I thought I would like to be a first-rate mechanic; a respected, hard-working man.

My parents were definitely on the incentive side of parenting. Like, they told me that my father had learned to read when he was three. So, of course, I thought I had to, too.