On what he dislikes about fame:
"Decreased privacy. And increased strain or pressure or stress associated with relationships. Friendships and dating relationships...When you are living out a relationship in the public eye, it's definitely ... it's difficult. It has some extra constraints, because you have other opinions about your relationship, how it affects your work and, you know, just some inappropriate connections.
There's some horrible media outlets that ... you say something or do something, where there's a story, and they just go with it and run with it. When somebody thinks of you a certain way that's not real, or says something about you that's not true, I ... you know, that's not me. You're not seeing me the right way."
On looking for a sense of purpose:
"It's natural to question some of the things that society defines as success. When you achieve that and there's not this rung -- you know, another rung to climb up in this ladder -- it's natural to be like, 'OK, now what?' I think in people's lives who grew up in some sort of organized religion, there really comes a time when you start to question things more. It happens for some at an early age; others, you know, maybe a little older. That happened to me six or seven years ago...I remember asking a question as a young person about somebody in a remote rainforest. Because the words that I got were: 'If you don't confess your sins, then you're going to hell.' And I said, 'What about the people who don't have a Bible readily accessible?'"
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