My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.

Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.

I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.

You can't do things unexpected in life if you're not willing to take a risk, and it's easier to risk your own life than it is for your parent to watch you take risks. It's very, very hard for parents to see children doing things that aren't a solid path. I've been through that.

My father left me when I was 6. My mother tried to take care of all of us on public assistance.

In 1984, Jim Koch used his family's lager recipe to start Boston Beer Company, which has since become the largest 'craft' brewer in the country. He brews Samuel Adams, a rich lager named after the American revolutionary that comes with the tagline, 'Take pride in your beer.'

My brother and late sister and I were raised in Detroit; it was where the middle class across racial lines, the middle class was able to develop, build a home, have for the first time retirement benefits, have a job, and yes, their kids began to go to college.