When I Was Really Young,

It Can Kind Of Screw Up Things If You're Trying To Overwork Something.

I Had Success As An Actor Relatively Early. When I Was 22, I Got Nominated For An Academy Award For The Last Picture Show, So That Road, You Know, Had The Least Resistance. I Was Doing My Music All That Time, But It's Pretty Hard To Turn Down These Great Movie Offers. And My Father Counseled Me; He Said, "you Know, One Of The Wonderful Things About Acting Is That You Can Incorporate All Of Your Interests Into The Different Parts You Play." I'm Glad I Listened To The Old Man, Because That's The Way It Turned Out.

I Don't Have Too Many Plans Filled Out. I Know I Want To Keep Doing More Music. I've Got A Couple Of Albums Worth Of Songs I'd Like To Put It Out There. As Far As Movies, I Just Want To Continue How I've Been Doing It: Working With Terrific People Is Certainly On My Agenda, And Then Doing Stories That Interest Me.

My Mom Wasn't A Movie Star.

One Thing I Want To Do Is Create Something Called Ring Around Congress. It Would Be A State Deal And Also A National Thing, Where The Kids, As A Field Trip, Will Go And Join Hands Around Congress And Give The Politicians Report Cards On How They're Voting On Hunger Issues.