When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.

What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be but it became a kind of shell non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real.

Before I was famous when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge everything was moving in slow motion.

But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people.

I tend to show everything I do to my family to check they won't be offended.

My family makes these vinegars - out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer label them and give them as Christmas presents.

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

If I'm not writing well I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.

Fame is a lot of pressure especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially emotionally - everything.

I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that's really hard for people to understand but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn't overdo anything. We ate pasta yes but not a lot of it.