I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the different directions that I want to take them. You have a lot of freedom as a writer.

I always knew I was going to be a family man.

I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them.

It`s difficult being a child actor. I don`t think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful.

There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn`t let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I`d changed.

[On his `80s sitcom "Silver Spoons" (1982)]: I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended.

I weren`t an actor, I`d be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.

I don`t know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I`m 60. It`s like I`ve been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8.

I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended.

I met the Queen, the Pope, and we went all over Europe and Asia. I just wish I was older when I did all this. Then I could appreciate it more.

I feel like I`m a fighter. I`ve fought my whole life to get to where I`m at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials by the time I was 6. I must have been a natural, because I never took an acting lesson.

The long hours required to shoot NYPD Blue would prevent me from being where I really want to be at this time - which is with my family.

Trying to understand women is a tall order period.

I think one of the things that saved me is that I never put all my eggs in one basket.

[On his `80s sitcom "Silver Spoons" (1982)]: I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended.